code book

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We, then decided after scanning the code book, that we wanted to make sure that this was a prosecution of both sets of victims, the majority of which were Kenyan victims.

From MSNBC • Jun. 19, 2019

At spy stations, young visitors can imitate her method, write messages in invisible ink and use a cipher wheel, an early encryption and decryption device, to reveal information in Tallmadge’s code book.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2018

A well-thumbed code book is preserved for display.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2016

Promptly at 9:30 a.m. on the first and third Friday of each month, he would switch on his radio and slip open his code book.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it seemed like maybe Mom had given Emma the first code book; it seemed like Mom might have said something like, “Sometimes kids who like math also like codes.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix