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Good Book en · PROPN

Meanings

1. The Bible.
   • Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says. I'm a laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know. 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter I, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 19:
   • I told him "If Red men will learn the good Book, they may know as much as white men [...]" 1775, John Wesley, An extract of the Rev. Mr John Wesley's journal, from his embarking for Georgia, to his return to London., page 22:
   • "Mind ye, Paitrick," he used to say, "that the Good Book says, 'A soft answer turneth away wrath.' Now keep your temper, laddie. [...]" 1894, S. R. Crockett, chapter 4, in The Raiders, page 40:

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Relateds

good books · skybook

Translations (4)

ro Sfânta Scriptură (the Good Book) · pl Pismo Święte (the Good Book) · ro cartea sfântă (the Good Book) · de gutes Buch (das gute Buch) (the Good Book)