(~s)
A ~ is a handwritten or typed document, especially a writer’s first version of a book before it is published.
He had seen a ~ of the book...
I am grateful to him for letting me read his early chapters in ~.
N-COUNT: also in N
(~s)
A ~ is a handwritten or typed document, especially a writer’s first version of a book before it is published.
He had seen a ~ of the book...
I am grateful to him for letting me read his early chapters in ~.
N-COUNT: also in N
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012