copybook

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noun

A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.

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Meanings

nouncopybook (plural copybooks)

plural copybooks

  1. A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.

    She whipped up the cards on the floor, extinguished an unglobed candle, and ruffled open the pages of Claude's copybook.

    2001, Allen Kurzweil, A Case of Curiosities
  2. QuebecUKA notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers.
  3. computingA series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate.

Origin

From copy + book.

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APA

copybook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copybook

MLA

“copybook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copybook. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “copybook,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copybook.

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