| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HAND-BOOK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Hand-book Spelman says that King Alfred used to carry in his bosom memorandum leaves, in which he made observations, and took so much pleasure therein that he called it his hand-book, because it was always in his hand. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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| A Hand-book for Travellers in Spain | 3 | A Hand-book for Travellers in Spain | 3 | |
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