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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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