"copybook" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: copybooks [plural]
Etymology: copy + book Etymology templates: {{compound|en|copy|book}} copy + book Head templates: {{en-noun}} copybook (plural copybooks)
  1. A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.
    Sense id: en-copybook-en-noun-NygRuU3k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 17 33
  2. (Quebec, UK) A notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers. Tags: Quebec, UK
    Sense id: en-copybook-en-noun-wEsawA4t Categories (other): British English, Quebec English
  3. (programming, COBOL) A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-copybook-en-noun-T3UzlwMR Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blot one's copybook

Inflected forms

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