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commonplace books

n. (plural of commonplace book English)

Usage examples of "commonplace books".

That way, important information gets circulated, and before long our commonplace books will be full of information we can use to defeat our enemies.

Here for almost a quarter of a centuryinterrupted only by a hiatus of three years as a result of certain events at the Reichenbach Fallshe used his scientific equipment, library of reference works and commonplace books, in conjunction with his exceptional powers of reason to reassure potential clients before setting out on his cases.