Meaning

2 senses
  1. A notebook or memorandum book.

  2. A subordinate book containing notes or jottings to be afterward extended in due form.

Origin

From by- (“secondary, incidental or parallel to”) + book.

From by- (“secondary, incidental or parallel to”) + book.

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Forms

plural: by-books

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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