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copybook Definition

copy·book (-bo̵ok′)

noun

a book containing models of handwriting, formerly used in teaching penmanship

adjective

ordinary; trite; commonplace copybook maxims
copybook Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • blot: However, the red Escort was soon to blot it's copybook by failing Ax with no less than three punctures!

Adjective modifier

  • new: This Italic revival reached the schools in the 1950's, when a number of new Italic copybooks were published.

Modifies a noun

  • moralist: A copybook moralist could easily answer that question by saying: " Of course not.
  • example: The whole IEGMP saga is a copybook example of Becker's shrewd analysis over a decade previous.