Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A school-book in which questions only are printed, the pupil supplying the answers, if he can, from recollection of previous instruction.
  • noun The shorter catechism. Also called questions.

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Examples

  • Kitty had not been having a very good time: she had the misfortune to fall into the hands of a teacher who thought if she asked the questions in the question-book, and if one scholar could not answer, passed on to the next, she had done her duty.

    Tip Lewis and His Lamp 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

  • And there was Helen, bright and blooming, with her bonnet on, and with her Bible and question-book in her hand, setting out for the morning

    The Drummer Boy 1871

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