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commonplace book

noun as in memorabilia notebook

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As it happens, I’ve kept my own commonplace book since I was in college.

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But there is one notebook I’ve kept up regularly for a decade: my commonplace book.

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If you’ve never made a commonplace book before, first learn how others have used them.

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But mostly his account is an endlessly fascinating commonplace book of other people’s drawings from all over the world.

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I love Garner’s notion of a “commonplace book,” a gathering of noteworthy excerpts from one’s reading.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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