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Commonplace-book. Formerly Book of Common Places. orig. A book in which 'commonplaces' or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement. First usage recorded: 1578. - OED

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1 November 09
No human being would willingly wear pants that zipped off at the knee—no normal human being—unless they had rocket-thrusters in place of their detachable feet.
— M. T. Anderson, Jasper Dash and the Flame Pits of Delaware, 377.
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