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commonplace book
noun
a book in which noteworthy quotations, comments, etc., are written.
commonplace book
noun
a notebook in which quotations, poems, remarks, etc, that catch the owner's attention are entered
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of commonplace book1
Example Sentences
As it happens, I’ve kept my own commonplace book since I was in college.
But there is one notebook I’ve kept up regularly for a decade: my commonplace book.
If you’ve never made a commonplace book before, first learn how others have used them.
But mostly his account is an endlessly fascinating commonplace book of other people’s drawings from all over the world.
I love Garner’s notion of a “commonplace book,” a gathering of noteworthy excerpts from one’s reading.
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