commonplace book

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   a notebook in which you enter memorabilia

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Questions about commonplace book

What does commonplace book mean?

commonplace book means "a notebook in which you enter memorabilia".

Is commonplace book a common word?

commonplace book is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.