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1 Copybook -- rank: 1000

Copybook definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary COPYBOOK, n. A book in which copies are written or printed ... conventional. b accurate, exemplary. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. A copybook action is done perfectly, according to established rules. (mainly BRIT) Yuri gave a copybook display. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you blot your copybook, you spoil your good reputation by doing something wrong. (mainly BRIT) Alec blotted his copybook–got sent home for bad behaviour. PHRASE: V inflects

2 Blot -- rank: 348

... who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: dry (ink ... disgrace (blotted his reputation). Phrases and idioms: blot one's copybook damage one's reputation. blot on the escutcheon a disgrace ...

3 Spot -- rank: 220

... who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: catch sight ...

4 Smirch -- rank: 220

... who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: smear so ...

5 Smear -- rank: 220

... who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: stain by ...

6 calligraphy -- rank: 220

... and crafts, arts of design, autography, cave art, ceramics, chirography, copybook hand, decoration, design, designing, elegant penmanship, engraving, etching, fair hand ...

7 fine writing -- rank: 220

... definitions Moby Thesaurus adornment, beauties, calligraphy, colors, colors of rhetoric, copybook hand, elegant penmanship, elegant variation, embellishment, embroidery, fair hand, figure ...

8 Stain -- rank: 220

... who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: color with ...

9 textbook -- rank: 220

... account of a subject. --attrib.adj. 1 exemplary, accurate (cf. COPYBOOK). 2 instructively typical. Derivatives: textbookish adj. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary ...