dayplanner

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noun

A notebook used to plan the activities and tasks of each day.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

noundayplanner (plural dayplanners)

plural dayplanners

  1. A notebook used to plan the activities and tasks of each day.

    She searched her desk for a notepad. She wanted Jill to know about her change of plan. As she scribbled a quick note, she saw a post—it stuck to her dayplanner. It was for lunch with George Messner.

    1999, Sonia Ayanna, Unexpected Bliss, New York, N.Y.: toExcel, →ISBN, pages 59–60
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    “And yes, since I couldn’t get away from my office today, I’d like to wrap up this history business tonight, so we can get on to some goal-setting tomorrow.” / Frowning, she drew out her dayplanner and flipped it open. “Let’s schedule tomorrow now.”

    2003, Kathryn Shay, “Men at Work”, in The Lipstick Chronicles: Book One, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 44

    “[…] Credit card bills, with annotations,” she said, and went over to her tote bag and pulled out three fat Italian-leather notebooks with a bunch of post-its sticking out the sides. “These are my dayplanners, with notes as to what the abbreviations mean, and my publicist’s log.”

    2005 January, Connie Willis, “Inside Job”, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, volume 29, number 1 (whole 348), Norwalk, Conn.: Dell Magazines, →ISSN, page 113

Origin

Translations

Dutch dagplanner
  • dagplannertype of notebook
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