Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A lectionary.
- n. A book containing selections to be used as exercises in reading.
Examples
“In "V for Vendetta" the cop uses a anti-bugging device, I have the exact same thing, except mine is a single LED reading-book lamp... mister_matthew”
“The story of Zeyn Alasnam (No. 191) is derived from the same source as that of the Fourth Durwesh, in the well-known Hindustani reading-book, the Bagh o Bahar.”
“We can take pencils and sketch - books, and any interesting reading-book we like; and of course we shall take something to eat.”
“He was an angry and impatient teacher64 and flung the reading-book at my head, and next Sunday I decided to go to church.”
Simon & Schuster: Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies
“The difference may not be great between the two; but one would hardly recommend to a learner of English, Burns's _Poems_ as a reading-book.”
“Do we believe -- not that the world -- but that this particular heathen as he stands before us in his blue blouse, or sits at our side with his reading-book, is as dear to our heavenly Father as you and I are?”
“Smith's Leading Cases is an excellent reading-book of this kind.”
“Written in a simple but charming manner, and illustrated by beautiful pictures, so that a youngster just past the first reading-book would appreciate every word.”
Harper's Young People, January 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
“The reading-book will afford excellent practice in finding heads for paragraphs.”
“Any reading-book or history will furnish good material for such practice.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘reading-book’.
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Book Keeping
A collection of book words.
bookkeeping, book, audio book, Booker T. Washington, Booker T. & the M..., book club, bookie, bookseller, bookshelf, bookworm, bookmaker, book learning and 132 more...
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Reading Materials
Names of printed materials meant to be read - for worship, pleasure, information, recitation; out of curiosity, or, in the case of adverts, to get our attention and sway our spending choices.
lectionary, epistolary, reading-book, novel, Bildungsroman, short story, billboard, advertisement, Sunday comics, obituaries, book of hours, primer and 84 more...
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir My nephew is begging for a Kindle e-reader. A button turns the pages for you. Nov 9, 2011