copy-book vs notebook

[tangelatm]

Hello!



I'd like you to tell me if in British English you currently use "copy-book" with the meaning "book with blank pages on which you write notes".
In our Romanian-English dictionaries, you will find both "copybook" and "notebook" defined as such.
As a student, loooong time ago , I used my copy-book to take notes in the classroom.
Some textbooks still use the word, although OUP, Longman, Macmillan, etc. dictionaries no longer list the word as defined above.

A BIG thank you,
angela

[Anglika]

Note-book is the common form nowadays.

[konungursvia]

Copy-book may be an older throwback to a book with lines in which pupils did copy exact words and phrases, in order to learn both handwriting and spelling. To me, a notebook is more for general use: a book of lined paper in which an (older) student writes whatever he or she thinks is going to be useful during self-study and revision.