vade mecum

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  1. noun A useful thing that one constantly carries about.
  2. noun A book, such as a guidebook, for ready reference.

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  1. Latin vāde mēcum, go with me : vāde, sing. imperative of vādere, to go + mē : ablative sing. of egō, I + cum, with.
 

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