code book
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We, then decided after scanning the code book, that we wanted to make sure that this was a prosecution of both sets of victims, the majority of which were Kenyan victims.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 19, 2019
At spy stations, young visitors can imitate her method, write messages in invisible ink and use a cipher wheel, an early encryption and decryption device, to reveal information in Tallmadge’s code book.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2018
A well-thumbed code book is preserved for display.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
Promptly at 9:30 a.m. on the first and third Friday of each month, he would switch on his radio and slip open his code book.
From Time Magazine Archive
For example, if the word “attic” isn’t in your code book, you can’t say, “Hide the money in the attic.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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