copybook

[US]/'kɒpɪbʊk/
[UK]/'kɑpɪ'bʊk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. Exemplary; model.
Word Forms
Pluralcopybooks

Example Sentences

out come the copybook maxims.

copybook phrases in the essay

used copybook phrases in the essay.

he blotted his copybook good and proper .

She blotted her copybook when she arrived late for work.

He paid back the money he had stolen, but he had blotted his copybook and couldn’t hope for promotion.

Real-world Examples

By this time, my little Master Thomas had learned how to write and had written over a number of copybooks.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

He thrust the copybook into the table drawer and went back to bed.

Source: Virgin Land (Part 1)

During this time, my copybook was the board fence, brick wall, and the pavement; my pen and ink was a lump of chalk.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

" I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks, and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end, " he said dolefully.

Source: "Little Women" original version

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