Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book formed of leaves of blotting-paper.
- noun In com., a blotter. See
blotter , 2.
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Examples
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Cosette had taken only her portfolio and her blotting-book.
Les Miserables 2008
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She fetched writing materials, and held up the blotting-book as
The Woodlanders 2006
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He now noticed these more particularly: there were an inkstand, pen, blotting-book, and note-paper.
A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006
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The warden spread his paper on the table, placing it on the meagre blotting-book which the hotel afforded, and sat himself down to write.
The Warden 2004
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They shrieked with satirical laughter when I pressed some fragile ferns in my blotting-book.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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He fretfully put away the blotting-book and the sketch of the advertisement on the chair which Mrs. Lecount had just left.
No Name 2003
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Ivanovna, and immediately opening her blotting-book, she wrote to
Anna Karenina 2003
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The unfinished letter which she had been writing when Lady Montbarry interrupted her, lay open on the blotting-book.
The Haunted Hotel 2003
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The moment after the major had spoken to her, she discovered a morsel of paper hidden between the leaves of the blotting-book, snatched it up, looked at it, and turned round instantly, with an exclamation of surprise.
Armadale 2003
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“Certainly, sir,” replied Mrs. Lecount, handing her master the blotting-book.
No Name 2003
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