First Known Use: 1591
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Domesday Book
noun Domes·day Book \ˈdümz-ˌdā-, ˈdōmz-\
Definition of DOMESDAY BOOK
: a record of a survey of English lands and landholdings made by order of William the Conqueror about 1086
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Origin of DOMESDAY BOOK
Middle English, from domesday doomsday
Rhymes with DOMESDAY BOOK
Beaverbrook, bring to book, buttonhook, cock a snook, comic book, copybook, donnybrook, gerenuk, grappling hook, inglenook, in one's book, Leeuwenhoek, off the hook, overbook, overlook, picture book, pocketbook, pressure-cook, pruning hook, Sandy Hook, service book, statute book, storybook, talking book, tenterhook, Volapük
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