Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A book held by a depositor in which his or her deposits and withdrawals are recorded by the bank.
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- noun
passbook ,chequebook - noun idiomatic
wealth
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Examples
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Was that who I was, a money creator for whom the ends justified the means, and for whom the ends meant my bankbook?
Laura Mola: Know Thyself, from Someone Who Didn't (Part 1) Laura Mola 2011
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He would have had to be a bird of prey, a handsome hawk, to pry a bankbook from their fingers.
Lorelei 2010
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He would have had to be a bird of prey, a handsome hawk, to pry a bankbook from their fingers.
Lorelei 2010
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He would have had to be a bird of prey, a handsome hawk, to pry a bankbook from their fingers.
Lorelei 2010
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“If someone tries to tell you what to do, you hit him with your bankbook.”
Colorado David McKenna 2011
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Was that who I was, a money creator for whom the ends justified the means, and for whom the ends meant my bankbook?
Laura Mola: Know Thyself, from Someone Who Didn't (Part 1) Laura Mola 2011
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I pulled the bankbook from the drawer by the phone where we kept our bills.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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All these years later, I was staring at that same bankbook.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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I pulled the bankbook from the drawer by the phone where we kept our bills.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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All these years later, I was staring at that same bankbook.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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