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scrapbook

American  
[skrap-book] / ˈskræpˌbʊk /

noun

  1. an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.

scrapbook British  
/ ˈskræpˌbʊk /

noun

  1. a book or album of blank pages in which to mount newspaper cuttings, pictures, etc

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Etymology

Origin of scrapbook

First recorded in 1815–25; scrap 1 + book

Example Sentences

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Inside my mind’s eye, images are flashing by like scrapbook pages of events in our lives, highs and lows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Much to her delight, Brettler discovered Soriano’s original blueprints, along with laminate and cork samples, and a scrapbook detailing the construction process, stored beneath the house.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

So he kept a scrapbook for a while, but then he just lost count of all the stories that made Harborough memorable.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

She has kept it to this day in a scrapbook of memorabilia.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

Richard Dailey passed around a scrapbook he kept, mementos from his own life and some childhood snapshots of Jesse and his sisters, from the days when the family was intact.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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