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单词 blood-book
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Definition of blood-book in English:

blood-book

noun
  • 1German History a book in which the names and confessions of criminals convicted of capital offences were recorded.

  • 2A book containing violent or sensational material, a blood-and-thunder book; compare sense 23 (now historical).

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Keightley (1789–1872), historian and author. After German Blutbuch.

 
 

Definition of blood-book in US English:

blood-book

noun
  • 1German History a book in which the names and confessions of criminals convicted of capital offences were recorded.

  • 2A book containing violent or sensational material, a blood-and-thunder book; compare sense 23 (now historical).

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Keightley (1789–1872), historian and author. After German Blutbuch.

 
 
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