phrase book

a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.

Origin of phrase book

First recorded in 1585–95

But he secured a phrase-book and a grammar, and paid for them in hard labor.

What You Can Do With Your Will Power |Russell H. Conwell
I explained as well as I could, with the help of a phrase-book, that we wanted a horse and stolkjrre as quickly as possible.

Norway |Beatrix Jungman
All the likely sentences that could possibly be of avail I copied out of the phrase-book on a sheet of foolscap.

An Irishman's Difficulties with the Dutch Language |N.A. Cuey-na-Gael
These were on the same lines as the material in the phrase-book, but much more learned.

An Irishman's Difficulties with the Dutch Language |N.A. Cuey-na-Gael

Here was I—without dictionary or phrase-book—left to play the part of intelligent guest, unaided and unprepared.

The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland |J. Irwin Brown

phrase book

a book containing frequently used expressions and their equivalents in a foreign language, esp for the use of tourists