Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book of reference for desk use; a hand-book for ready reference, as in matters of spelling or the like.
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Examples
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It was the open book in the house the desk-book in the shop, the pocket-book in the field, the guide-book on the road.
Sketches of the Covenanters J. C. McFeeters
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For mere reading I suppose one book is pretty much as good as another; but the choice of a desk-book is a more serious matter.
Essays on Life, Art and Science Samuel Butler 1868
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For those, particularly Brits, who have no style-book of their own, for all who like their prose to be ship-shape and Bristol fashion, for anybody who has worried about how to spell Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist or how and what Planck's constant is, this is a useful quick desk-book.
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