copybook

1 7.3

A book showing handwriting examples for students to practice writing letters

noun
/ˈkɑːpiˌbʊk/

Archaic

: cuaderno de caligrafía

My grandmother kept her favorite recipes in a beautiful copybook filled with her neat penmanship.

Examples

A search for the original copybook by this author was unsuccessful.

Academic text (2009)
Here among papers, notebooks, report cards, and some packets of letters, a copybook in oilcloth—the diary.

Fiction book (1999)
In the other, there was a copybook, divided into columns: "Date" and "Amount."

Fiction book (2000)
In his hands, he held a crude copybook, a saint's day gift that was his most regular companion.

Fiction book (1993)
Following a well-practiced routine, Hailemariam first gave Girmai a copybook, a pencil, and a finished icon by one of the artists he features in his shop.

Academic text (2009)
The teacher provided each student with a new copybook to practice their handwriting.
To improve her writing skills, she filled several pages of her copybook with carefully imitated letters.

How Instructional

textbook

215 1.4

copybook

Archaic

1 7.3

workbook

16 1.9

exercise

171 2.1

worksheet

11 2.0

Surface Forms

copybook singular

copybooks plural

Morphology

copybook = copy + book (transparent) = copy + book

The compound literally denotes a 'book' intended for making 'copies' or for copying, which learners can derive from the parts.

Etymology

Copybook comes from the parts copy (a written example or 'to make the same') and book, so it is literally a book of examples. A copybook is a book of handwriting models that students copy to learn neat writing.