guest book
noun
: a book of blank pages in which visitors or guests at an event (such as a wedding or funeral) or a place (such as an art gallery) sign their names
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If this description apples, then a wedding guest book is just the thing.
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Hayley Bloomingdale, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
The designer added that the Palais Galliera show has been a success so far with more than 75,000 visitors, and a guest book with some very personal messages.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 22 Feb. 2025
Online obituaries and guest book available at www.hantge.com.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Rima had just finished showing the hotel’s guest book to a group of captivated tourists.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Before leaving, don’t forget to sign the guest book!
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Ahead of her wedding day on December 14, Tara Henderson, 29, ordered a wedding guest book online that was supposed to have pictures from her engagement photo shoot inside.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Flipping through pages filled with different sets of handwriting was kind of like flipping through a guest book.
—New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The guest book table was draped in red rose petals and adorned with a skull next to a sculpture of Thing, the hand from The Addams Family, and a bronze statue of a skeleton bride and groom embracing.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Hayley Bloomingdale, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
The designer added that the Palais Galliera show has been a success so far with more than 75,000 visitors, and a guest book with some very personal messages.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 22 Feb. 2025
Online obituaries and guest book available at www.hantge.com.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Rima had just finished showing the hotel’s guest book to a group of captivated tourists.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Before leaving, don’t forget to sign the guest book!
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Ahead of her wedding day on December 14, Tara Henderson, 29, ordered a wedding guest book online that was supposed to have pictures from her engagement photo shoot inside.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Flipping through pages filled with different sets of handwriting was kind of like flipping through a guest book.
—New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The guest book table was draped in red rose petals and adorned with a skull next to a sculpture of Thing, the hand from The Addams Family, and a bronze statue of a skeleton bride and groom embracing.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Guest book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20book. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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