scrapbook
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scrapbook
Example Sentences
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I’ve never met Aunt Melissa, but once I found a box of dusty scrapbooks in the closet and looked through pictures of her and Dad when they were kids.
From Literature
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Some went a step further, locating hair preserved in family scrapbooks that dated back as much as a century.
From Science Daily
Under that was a scrapbook, and then several black notebooks.
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O’Connor’s monologue focused on two things those unfamiliar with his acting should know about him: that he has a reputation as a “soft boy,” someone who embroiders, scrapbooks and gardens like an “average 65-year-old woman.”
From Los Angeles Times
Inside my mind’s eye, images are flashing by like scrapbook pages of events in our lives, highs and lows.
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