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guard books

guard books is the plural of guard book.

Meaning of guard book

Noun

guard book (plural guard books)

  1. An advertising agency's internal archive of work done for a particular client.
    • Most of the advertising material surviving from Rowntree & Co. is in the form of guard books of cuttings and proofs of press and magazine advertising, and therefore most of the material pre c. 1950 is in black and white.1997, Judith Burg, A Guide to the Rowntree and Mackintosh Company Archives

Questions about guard books

What is guard books the plural of?
Guard books is the plural of guard book.

Words near guard books in the dictionary

  1. guard
  2. guard against
  3. guard band
  4. guard bands
  5. guard book
  6. guard books
  7. guard cell
  8. guard cells
  9. guard dog
  10. guard dogs
  11. guard hair

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