scrapbook

noun scrap·book \ ˈskrap-ˌbu̇k \

|Updated on: 23 Jun 2018

Examples: scrapbook in a Sentence

Definition of scrapbook

: a blank book in which various items (such as newspaper clippings or pictures) are collected and preserved

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Examples of scrapbook in a Sentence

My mother keeps a scrapbook of all the articles I've ever written.

Recent Examples of scrapbook from the Web

On view in the exhibition is one of the 30 bikes Cunningham rode around town over the years, as well as his camera, clippings, scrapbooks, and the like.

— Vogue, "Celebrating Bill Cunningham at the New York Historical Society and Right Here on Vogue," 19 June 2018
Over the past 18 months, volunteers have gone through Quinn’s scrapbooks, page by page, digitizing the clippings and preserving the originals.

— yvonne abraham, BostonGlobe.com, "One man’s mission to remember and honor those lost to AIDS," 9 June 2018
Before the discovery of Mills’ scrapbook, it was known the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Athletics passed on the opportunity to buy Ruth from Dunn.

— phil rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, "Who needs Babe Ruth? Comiskey telegram nixing a 1914 White Sox deal up for bid," 25 Apr. 2018
Also included: a scrapbook of the resplendent celebrity guests; an appreciation of Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland; and of course, the dress.

— lindsay schneider, Vanities, "Harry & Meghan’s Big Day—The V.F. Edition," 4 June 2018
In other cases, like one from East St. Louis High School in 1914, the yearbooks would take on the original scrapbook style, full of mementos like pressed leaves.

— jennifer billock, The Atlantic, "Why Do People Sign Yearbooks?," 3 June 2018
Saunders’ sister, Elaine Haller of Hobart, shared a scrapbook with Hiestand, just before the ceremony began.

— carole carlson, Post-Tribune, "Fallen honored at Hobart Memorial Day ceremony," 28 May 2018
The scrapbook’s letters and photographs reveal that after his injury, Werner was sent to a rehabilitation hospital in California where sports participation was used early on in his treatment.

— jane rogers, Smithsonian, "The Unbreakable Spirit of American Paralympians is Embodied in These Artifacts," 6 Feb. 2018
So many of those photos were good that Nicols started to think a scrapbook of Bob in the city that Joe and Beth had worked so hard to develop and promote would be a great gift for her mom.

— amy schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Picture book tour through downtown Milwaukee is author's love letter to her city and parents," 9 Apr. 2018

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