copybook copy-book DCHP-2 (May 2016)
n. — Montreal
a notebook.
Type: 2. Preservation — The term copybook is synonymous with notebook (see also scribbler). Copybook is among the identified lexical items that marks Montreal as lexically distinct from the rest of Canada (see Boberg 2005: 36). Judging from the older quotations, the term was more widespread in 19th century Canada and appears to be a preservation in Quebec Anglophone English. According to the study, the majority variants elsewhere include scribbler in the Maritimes, exercise book in Newfoundland, and simply notebook everywhere west of Quebec (Boberg 2005: 44).