Booked
[bʊk]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Book
(a.) Registered.
(a.) On the way; destined.
Checker: Marie
Examples
- Loker, he said, after a pause, we must set Adams and Springer on the track of these yer; they've been booked some time. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- When I booked my place at the coach office I had had 'Box Seat' written against the entry, and had given the book-keeper half-a-crown. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He's booked to Lady Jane Sheepshanks. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was coming back again at evening, they were all dining together, and he had booked seats for the party, excepting Birkin, at a music-hall. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yes, and hasn't we business booked for five weeks to come,--all we can do? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I walked about the city a good deal with a young Mr. Blucher, who was booked for the excursion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You like things to be neatly booked. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr Pancks would be now reduced to saying as he booked the case, 'Well! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Our booked passenger showed in a moment that it was his name. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The passenger booked by this history, was on the coach-step, getting in; the two other passengers were close behind him, and about to follow. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Checker: Marie