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Vade mecum

noun
1.
A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location.  Synonyms: enchiridion, handbook.





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"Vade mecum" Quotes from Famous Books



... had been passing through Marseilles on her way home from India, and had most kindly taken me on a jolly trip to Arles, Avignon, and other historical places. She was the wife of a famous missionary in India. She spoke eight languages fluently, including Arabic, and was a perfect "vade mecum" of interesting information which she well knew how to impart. She had known my mother's family all her life, they being Anglo-Indians in the ...
— A Labrador Doctor - The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
... "There's a vade mecum for the intending assassin," Dunn thought grimly to himself, but he said nothing, gave the other a sullen nod, and started off on his strange and weird mission of murdering himself. He found himself wondering if any one else had ...
— The Bittermeads Mystery • E. R. Punshon
... Vade Mecum. Containing Sir Samuel Moreland's Tables, shewing the Value of any Quantity of Goods, at any Rate, from half a Farthing to 20 Shillings per Yard, Pound, &c. With Tables of Coin ...
— The True Life of Betty Ireland • Anonymous


Words linked to "Vade mecum" :   book of facts, reference work, guidebook, reckoner, reference book, enchiridion, manual, reference, guide, bible, ready reckoner


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