guest book
noun
: a book of blank pages in which visitors or guests at an event (such as a wedding or funeral) or a place (such as an art gallery) sign their names
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Before leaving, don’t forget to sign the guest book!
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Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Ahead of her wedding day on December 14, Tara Henderson, 29, ordered a wedding guest book online that was supposed to have pictures from her engagement photo shoot inside.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Flipping through pages filled with different sets of handwriting was kind of like flipping through a guest book.
—New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The guest book table was draped in red rose petals and adorned with a skull next to a sculpture of Thing, the hand from The Addams Family, and a bronze statue of a skeleton bride and groom embracing.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Particularly juicy is de Wolfe’s guest book for Villa Trianon, lined with signatures from the artists and society set who rendezvoused at her Versailles refuge.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
Over at the hotel, Pip and Ravi do some finagling (a fire alarm is involved) to steal the inn’s guest book from April 2019.
—Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
During the party, guests left the couple messages via an audio guest book inside of a replica of a red London phone booth, custom built by Dragonfly Designs.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 26 May 2024
Given the provenance of pieces within and the storied aura (everyone from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Nelson Mandela have inked the guest book), staying at the 14-guest-room Blair House is a bit like having a sleepover at the Smithsonian.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
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Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Ahead of her wedding day on December 14, Tara Henderson, 29, ordered a wedding guest book online that was supposed to have pictures from her engagement photo shoot inside.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Flipping through pages filled with different sets of handwriting was kind of like flipping through a guest book.
—New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
The guest book table was draped in red rose petals and adorned with a skull next to a sculpture of Thing, the hand from The Addams Family, and a bronze statue of a skeleton bride and groom embracing.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Particularly juicy is de Wolfe’s guest book for Villa Trianon, lined with signatures from the artists and society set who rendezvoused at her Versailles refuge.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
Over at the hotel, Pip and Ravi do some finagling (a fire alarm is involved) to steal the inn’s guest book from April 2019.
—Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
During the party, guests left the couple messages via an audio guest book inside of a replica of a red London phone booth, custom built by Dragonfly Designs.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 26 May 2024
Given the provenance of pieces within and the storied aura (everyone from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Nelson Mandela have inked the guest book), staying at the 14-guest-room Blair House is a bit like having a sleepover at the Smithsonian.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Guest book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20book. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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