sketch·book

[skech-book]
noun
1.
Also, sketchpad. a book or pad of drawing paper for sketches.
2.
a book of literary sketches.
Also, sketch book.


Origin:
1810–20; sketch + book

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sketchbook (ˈskɛtʃˌbʊk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a book of plain paper containing sketches or for making sketches in
2.  a book of literary sketches

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Sketchbook is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Following the discussion, students write their own personal responses in their
  sketchbook journals.
Had she been in a more peaceful mood, she might have fetched her sketchbook and
  made notes about the shadows for painting later.
Sketchbook drawings reflect the couple's ever increasing intimacy.
Much of the information recorded in the sketchbook was later transferred to his
  finished maps.
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