copybook

cop·y·book (k

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An exercise book containing models of penmanship, used in teaching handwriting.

adj.

Unoriginal; trite: used copybook phrases in the essay.

copybook [ˈkɒpɪˌbʊk]

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a book of specimens, esp of penmanship, for imitation

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Chiefly US a book for or containing documents

blot one's copybook Informal to spoil one's reputation by making a mistake, offending against social customs, etc.

4. (modifier) trite or unoriginal copybook sentiments

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun

copybook - a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship

book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"

Translations

copybook [ˈkɒpɪbʊk]

A. N → cuaderno m de escritura
to blot one's copybook → manchar su reputación

B. CPD → perfecto
the pilot made a copybook landing → el piloto hizo un aterrizaje de libro

copybook [ˈkɒpibʊk] adj (mainly British) (= perfect) → modèle

copybook [ˈkɒpɪˌbʊk] n → quaderno
to blot one's copybook (fig) → rovinarsi la reputazione

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blot book copy err error fault mistake Simplification smear smirch spot stain	After some ineffectual remonstrance I kept away from him, staying in a room--evidently a children's schoolroom--containing globes, forms, and copybooks. The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context "I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks, and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end," he said dolefully. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room, rudely constructed of logs; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Irving, Washington View in context	Coptis Coptis groenlandica Coptis trifolia groenlandica Copts copula copular copulate copulation copulative copulative conjunction Copulatively Copulatory copy Copy book copy boy copy desk copy editing copy editor copy girl copy negative copy out copy protection copy taster copy typist copy-edit copybook copycat copyedit Copyer copygraph copyhold copyholder copying Copying ink Copying paper Copying press copyism copyist copyleft copyread copyreader copyright copyright deposit library copyright infringement copyrighted copytaker copywriter coq au vin Coque coquelicot coquet	Copy Scramble System Copy Service Plan copy something out Copy Source Print Management System copy taster copy typist copy typists Copy What Works Copy, Corrupt, Copyright, Circulate, Control copy-edit copy-edit copy-edited Copy-editing Copy-editing Copy-editor copy-edits Copy-initialization Copy-initialization Copy-on-write copy-protected copy-protected copy-protected Copy-protection Copy-protection Copy-protection copyable copyable copyable copyable copyboard copybook Copybook Library copybooks copybooks copyboy copyboy copyboy copybroke copycat copycat Copycat crime Copycat crimes Copycat suicide copycats copycatted copycatting copyedit copyedited copyediting copyeditor copyedits Copyer Copyfree Copyfree copygirl Copygraph copyhold copyhold copyhold Copyhold tenure Copyhold tenure

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smear
smirch
spot
stain

After some ineffectual remonstrance I kept away from him, staying in a room--evidently a children's schoolroom--containing globes, forms, and copybooks.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

"I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks, and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end," he said dolefully.

Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room, rudely constructed of logs; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks.

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Irving, Washington View in context

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