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look-out book

look-out book noun: an official list of people who should not be admitted to a country.

Noun

look-out book (plural look-out books)

  1. An official list of people who should not be admitted to a country.
    • Thanks to assistance from the automation people, we now have a better look-out book. […] For every post we have a book with about 80,000 names of people to whom visas should not be issued prior to consulting with the Department, another post, or a district office of the Immigration and...1965, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
    • We have this stupid look out book which is going to get worse because they are going to computerize it. The look out book keeps you out of this country, […]1987, In Defense of the Alien: Proceedings

Forms of look-out book

plurallook-out books

Questions about look-out book

What does look-out book mean?
Look-out book means an official list of people who should not be admitted to a country.
What part of speech is look-out book?
Look-out book is a noun.
What is the plural of look-out book?
The plural of look-out book is look-out books.

Words near look-out book in the dictionary

  1. look-down, shoot-down
  2. look-down/shoot-down
  3. look-in
  4. look-ins
  5. look-out
  6. look-out book
  7. look-out books
  8. look-outs
  9. look-saw
  10. look-say
  11. look-see

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