A blank book for practice in penmanship; a copy-book.(noun)
The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)
Use "writing-book" in a sentence
"Her hair, braided by her own hands, was bound about a head, whose intellectual capacity and development were beautifully expressed in its graceful outline, and its broad open brow; her dress, arranged by herself, was a pattern of neatness and simplicity; the work she had knitted, lay beside her; her writing-book was on the desk she leaned upon. —"
"The writing-book, still on the table, was blotted with his hand."
"Poor Briggs went and placed herself obediently at the writing-book."