Associations to the word «Copybook»

Wiktionary

COPYBOOK, noun. A student’s exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied
COPYBOOK, noun. (computing) A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate

Dictionary definition

COPYBOOK, noun. A book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky