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reference book

–noun

1.	a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.

2.	Also called pass, passbook. South African. a domestic identity document carried by black citizens.

Origin:
1885–90

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pass·book (pās'bŏŏk')

See bankbook.
A book in which a merchant records credit sales.
A document formerly issued to a Black person in South Africa and used to enforce certain legal and economic restrictions under the apartheid system. Also called reference book.

reference book
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A book, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, to which one can refer for authoritative information.
See passbook.

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