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commonplace book

noun

  1. a book in which noteworthy quotations, comments, etc., are written.


commonplace book

noun

  1. a notebook in which quotations, poems, remarks, etc, that catch the owner's attention are entered
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of commonplace book1

First recorded in 1570–80
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As it happens, I’ve kept my own commonplace book since I was in college.

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But there is one notebook I’ve kept up regularly for a decade: my commonplace book.

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If you’ve never made a commonplace book before, first learn how others have used them.

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But mostly his account is an endlessly fascinating commonplace book of other people’s drawings from all over the world.

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I love Garner’s notion of a “commonplace book,” a gathering of noteworthy excerpts from one’s reading.

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