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fairybook en · NOUN

Etymology

From fairy + book, perhaps a confusion of fairytale and storybook.

Meanings

1. (rare) A book of fairytales.
   • His and Gertrude's was a fairybook marriage. The fairy tale ended quickly. After a miscarriage, Gertrude Thomas winced over pregnant black women slaving under the inhuman sun. 1991, William W Freehling, The Road to Disunion: Volume I: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854:
   • Once upon a time, as the fairybooks say, there was a swamp along the islands guarding Miami, Fla., from the sea. 1941 June, The Rotarian, volume 58, number 6:
   • Their trunks were gnarled beyond belief, like those in fairybooks. They were covered with the cuneiform of woodpeckers and yellowhammers. 1951, Robert Peter Tristram Coffin, On the green carpet:

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