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commonplace book

 
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n.

A personal journal in which quotable passages, literary excerpts, and comments are written.


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Literary Dictionary: commonplace book
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commonplace book, not a dull or trite book, as the usual sense of ‘commonplace’ would suggest, but a writer's notebook in which interesting ideas and quotations are collected for further reflection and possible future use. In this sense, a commonplace is a remark or written passage that is worth remembering or quoting. Notable examples of commonplace books that have been published include Ben Jonson's Timber (1640) and W. H. Auden's A Certain World (1971).

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a notebook in which you enter memorabilia


 
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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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