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look-out books

look-out books is the plural of look-out book.

Meaning of look-out book

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

Questions about look-out books

What is look-out books the plural of?
Look-out books is the plural of look-out book.

Words near look-out books in the dictionary

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

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