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handbook definition

hand·book (-bo̵ok′)

noun

  1. a compact reference book on some subject; manual of facts or instructions
  2. guidebook (sense )
  3. ☆ a book in which bets are recorded, as on horse races

Etymology: OE handboc, transl. of L manuale (see manual): modern senses infl. by Ger handbuch

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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