Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book of tablets; a note-book for the pocket; a memorandum-book or commonplace-book. Such books, with leaves of wood, slate, ivory, vellum, or paper, were formerly in common use.
- noun A book for the table; an ornamental book, usually illustrated, and designed to be kept on a table for desultory inspection or reading.
- noun A book of arithmetical or other tables, for use in schools, counting-houses, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A tablet; a notebook.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tablet ; anotebook .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
table + book
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Examples
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And he says you must be in love, for you sat on deck all night, and scribbled verses all day in your tablebook.”
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And he says you must be in love, for you sat on deck all night, and scribbled verses all day in your tablebook. "
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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