Meaning

2 senses
  1. (historical)Synonym of logbook.

  2. (archaic)A process by which someone is to be detained or held on investigation without an official charge being filed; suspects placed in it were routinely held incommunicado (denied phone calls and visitors) while detectives aggressively interrogated them for confessions without formally charging them.

    a prisoner is being placed/held on the small book

Examples

10 sentences
  1. This is a small book.

    Це маленька книжка. — deniko

    ruЭто маленькая книга. — OlgaElwen

    deDies ist ein kleines Buch. — Esperantostern

  2. This is a very small book.

    Це малесенька книжка. — Ahha

    ruЭто очень маленькая книга. — sharptoothed

    deDies ist ein sehr kleines Buch. — wolfgangth

  3. He wrote a small book on china.

  4. She wrote a small book on china.

  5. He reached out and took down a small leather bound book.

Origin

Coined in the mid-20th century; a reference to the literal logbooks or "small books" offic

Coined in the mid-20th century; a reference to the literal logbooks or "small books" officers use at the station.

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Forms

plural: small books
Singularsmall book
Pluralsmall books

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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