Meaning & use
Copybook
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A book containing models of handwriting or other exercises for students to imitate; also used to describe something conventional or exemplary, as in "copybook style."
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Generations of schoolchildren practiced their penmanship in a copybook.
The young diplomat was careful never to blot his copybook with an embarrassing mistake.
A note on using this word
The British idiom "blot one's copybook" means to damage one's reputation through a single mistake, drawn from the image of spoiling a neat handwriting book.
Words with a similar meaning
exercise book
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