"form book" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "form books",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "form book (plural form books)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 10 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 6 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 5 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 12 26",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Horse racing",
          "orig": "en:Horse racing",
          "parents": [
            "Equestrianism",
            "Horses",
            "Animal riding",
            "Sports",
            "Equids",
            "Livestock",
            "Transport",
            "Human activity",
            "Odd-toed ungulates",
            "Agriculture",
            "Animals",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Mammals",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Sciences",
            "Life",
            "Chordates",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An annual book produced showing the results for the year's horse races together with comments on each runner."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) An annual book produced showing the results for the year's horse races together with comments on each runner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It is a certainty, given the form book, that this prime minister will be condemning us to many more months of wage restraint.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The past performance of something or someone."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, figurative) The past performance of something or someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A binder of loose-leaf forms, or a book containing specimens of such forms, for use by attorneys in their work."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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          "law#English"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, law) A binder of loose-leaf forms, or a book containing specimens of such forms, for use by attorneys in their work."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "form book"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Horse racing"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "form books",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "form book (plural form books)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An annual book produced showing the results for the year's horse races together with comments on each runner."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) An annual book produced showing the results for the year's horse races together with comments on each runner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It is a certainty, given the form book, that this prime minister will be condemning us to many more months of wage restraint.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The past performance of something or someone."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, figurative) The past performance of something or someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A binder of loose-leaf forms, or a book containing specimens of such forms, for use by attorneys in their work."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, law) A binder of loose-leaf forms, or a book containing specimens of such forms, for use by attorneys in their work."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "form book"
}