jestbook
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jestbook
First recorded in 1740–50
Example Sentences
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The best jestbook in the world is that which he dictated from memory, without referring to any book, on a day on which illness had rendered him incapable of serious study.
From Is Shakespeare Dead? From my autobiography. by Twain, Mark
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