copybook

English

Etymology

copy +‎ book

Noun

copybook (plural copybooks)

1. A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.
2. (Quebec England) A notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers.
3. (computing) A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate.

Derived terms

• blot one's copybook

Translations

student's exercise book — see exercise book