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black book

NOUN
book of phone numbers or undesirables
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Part of the answer is simple: his infamous black book of contacts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

I’m not even going to get into the dozens upon dozens of baseball players who dot the entirety of the black book, mostly Giants, A’s and Mariners, the three teams I covered the longest.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

And in this box, as you say, I came across this little black book, and it was tied with cream ribbon.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

He was a big driver behind the introduction of the little black book.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2023

The other one was reading a little black book while she drank her coffee.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger



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