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manuscript

/ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/ adjective C2
  1. Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
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Thus month after month his papers accumulated, until every corner of the room was stacked with bundles of manuscript which were on no account to be burned, and which could not be put away save by their owner.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 2 · B2
He had, as I understand, some sort of map or chart which he was comparing with the manuscript, and which he thrust into his pocket when you appeared.’
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 15 · B2
But, fortunately, Musgrave, who had begun to appreciate the meaning of my proceedings, and who was now as excited as myself, took out his manuscript to check my calculation.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · B2
But the manuscript is short and is intimately connected with the affair.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 10 · C1

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