| 单词 | letter book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter book letter book n. now chiefly historical a book in which correspondence is copied out, or in which letters or copies of letters are kept for reference. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > [noun] > letter-case, -rack, or -book letter case1653 letter book1667 letter rack1821 mail-rack1896 1667 T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 148 The Books that concern the affairs of the Society, shall be the Charter Book, Statute Book, Journal Books, Letter Books, and Register Books, for the entring of Philosophical Observations, Histories, Discourses, Experiments, Inventions. 1695 S. Baston Baston's Case Vindicated 28 I pray'd their Honours to send for the Commissioners Letter-Book, wherein I would shew them the Entry of a Letter. 1757 Read's Weekly Jrnl. 16 Apr. 1/1 President: Is that the original Letter you sent by Mr. Boyd? A. No; it is a Copy from my Letter-Book. 1776 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 224 It would fill this letter-book to give you all the arguments for and against this measure. 1892 Sir R. V. Williams in Law Times Rep. 67 234/1 The letter-book satisfies me that Mr. Norton was right. 1925 Times 5 Mar. 9/2 That letter..had never been press-copied into his letter-book. 1987 R. M. Utley High Noon in Lincoln (1989) 239 These records consist of ledger books,..and letter books preserving copies of correspondence to customers. 2009 Church Times 2 Oct. 4/3 The company..has copies of every letter sent, written in longhand before the advent of the typewriter, bound in letter books. < as lemmas |
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