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red book

British

noun

(sometimes capitals) a government publication bound in red, esp the Treasury's annual forecast of revenue, expenditure, growth, and inflation

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And BBC economics editor Faisal Islam warned against seeing the economic update as a full budget, saying it would fall far short of a "red book" of measures.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2022

The slim red book is filled with quotes, lines from books and songs and poems and conversations that stuck with me.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2022

I turned over the little red book in my hand and stroked the gold coat of arms on the front.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2019

No document proved more significant than the one in the little red book.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2018

He’d brought six of his favourite books: Great Expectations, Kidnapped, The Witches, A Wrinkle in Time, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and of course Blink’s red book of poetry.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

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