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fairybook

fairybook noun: a book of fairytales.

Noun

fairybook (plural fairybooks)

  1. (rare) A book of fairytales.
    • Once upon a time, as the fairybooks say, there was a swamp along the islands guarding Miami, Fla., from the sea.1941 June, The Rotarian, volume 58, number 6
    • Their trunks were gnarled beyond belief, like those in fairybooks. They were covered with the cuneiform of woodpeckers and yellowhammers.1951, Robert Peter Tristram Coffin, On the green carpet

Forms of fairybook

pluralfairybooks

Origin of fairybook

From fairy + book, perhaps a confusion of fairytale and storybook.

Questions about fairybook

What does fairybook mean?
Fairybook means a book of fairytales.
What part of speech is fairybook?
Fairybook is a noun.
What is the plural of fairybook?
The plural of fairybook is fairybooks.

Words near fairybook in the dictionary

  1. fairy-talelike
  2. fairy-tales
  3. fairy-wren
  4. fairy-wrens
  5. fairybells
  6. fairybook
  7. fairybooks
  8. fairycake
  9. fairycakes
  10. fairycore
  11. fairydom

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