memorandum book

Example Sentences

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Not long before he died, a member of the Donner Party wrote a moving poem in his memorandum book that, by rights, belongs in the collection — except, alas, I just discovered it last Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2023

When he died, his son found among his papers a memorandum book titled “Record of Diet and Discipline for 1839 and 1840.”

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2014

It seemed that when the telephone was not ringing for him, he was calling someone else, consulting the jotted numbers in his ever-ready memorandum book.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

He took out his memorandum book and solemnly wrote: “Don’t forget to have six boys and six girls.”

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

I made some marks in a little memorandum book, that would have been called anything but intelligible to the average mortal, but that were very plain language to my eye, and to none other.

From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.