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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun black book has 1 sense
- black book(n = noun.communication) blacklist, shitlist - a list of people who are out of favor; is a kind of list, listing
CIDE DICTIONARY
black book,
- One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents. [1913 Webster]
- A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. [1913 Webster]
- A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. [1913 Webster]
- A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III. Bouvier.
Wharton. [1913 Webster] - A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies. [1913 Webster]
- Any book which treats of necromancy. [1913 Webster]
- A book containing a black list. [PJC]
- A book kept by a single man, containing a list of women whom he calls occasionally for a social date; -- usually used in the phrase
little black book . [PJC]