stylebook

[stahyl-boo k]

noun

a book containing rules of usage in typography, punctuation, etc., employed by printers, editors, and writers.

a book featuring styles, fashions, or the rules of style.

Origin of stylebook

First recorded in 1700–10; style + book

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Examples from the Web for stylebook

Contemporary Examples of stylebook

The AP has now responded by banning the phrase from its stylebook.
Illegal Immigrants Have Been Banned From the AP Stylebook
Megan McArdle
April 3, 2013
The Stylebook would appear to be as uncomfortable with the nouveau as Astor and McAllister were.
Is the AP Stylebook Archaic?
John McWhorter
June 20, 2012

Historical Examples of stylebook

I have at last got some business with you, and business letters are written by the stylebook.
The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence.
Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham

British Dictionary definitions for stylebook

stylebook

noun

a book containing rules and examples of punctuation, typography, etc, for the use of writers, editors, and printers

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