Baedeker

alternative Baedeker's · alternative Baedekers

1. nameA long-established series of travel guidebooks.

   Mrs. Herriton did not proceed. She was not one to detect the hidden charms of Baedeker. Some of the information seemed to her unnecessary, all of it was dull.

   1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread

plural Baedekers · alternative Baedeker's · alternative Baedekers

1. broadlyAny travel guide, advice for travelers, or guide pertaining to other subjects.

   Concierges: Baedekers in the Flesh [title]

   1991 September 6, Nancy Sharkey, “Concierges: Baedekers in the Flesh”, in New York Times, page C1

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   His middle-of-the-road guidebook to the Georgians (Henry James to T. S. Eliot) will be a useful Baedeker for literary sightseers.

   1934 December 3, “Literary Guide: Review of The Georgian Scene by Frank Swinnerton”, in Time