black book

NOUN

book of phone numbers or undesirables

Synonyms

WEAK

black list date book

Example Sentences

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Part of the answer is simple: his infamous black book of contacts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Previously released files show that Trump's details were in Epstein's so-called black book of contacts.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

But each time I got a new backpack, briefcase or computer bag, I would carefully move the black book to a safe pocket, where its very presence gave me solace.

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

Samuel had a great black book on an available shelf and it had gold letters on the cover—Dr. Gunn's Family Medicine.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck