scrapbook

[ skrap-book ]

noun

1. an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.

scrapbook

/ ˈskræpˌbʊk /

noun

1. a book or album of blank pages in which to mount newspaper cuttings, pictures, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrapbook¹

First recorded in 1815–25; scrap ¹ + book

Example Sentences

Even amid political furies, Martin, who looks like she stepped off the set of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” appears more amused than startled, speaking in the low, accented voice of a woman paging through a family scrapbook, pointing out histories and disappointments.

From Los Angeles Times

Alex Gibney’s two-part scrapbook documentary “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” premiering Saturday, again on HBO, is, among other things, a sort of a triple profile of creator Chase, star James Gandolfini and their mutual creation, New Jersey “waste management consultant” — i.e., mobster — Tony Soprano.

From Los Angeles Times

“So it was the best of all worlds. To be candid with you, that’s kind of a historic moment and that one will be in the scrapbook.”

From Los Angeles Times

When Brownrigg’s remote and enigmatic father, Nick, died, his children were left with a key to his past in the form of a mysterious scrapbook.

From New York Times

The auction also includes relics such as a 1733 document signed by Benjamin Franklin, the eleventh known 1790 “free” badge issued to a formerly enslaved person, the scrapbook of a Tuskegee Airman and other effects, according to a release from Fleischer’s Auctions.

From Seattle Times

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