Primmer

//ˈpɹɪm.ɚ// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of primer (“children's teaching book”). alt-of, obsolete

    "[…] he sat daily in the common school of the village, mending pens, criticizing blotted copy-books, fingering greasy slates, and thumbing dog-eared primmers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of prim: more prim comparative, form-of
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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bluenosedbuckramcensoriousceremonialceremoniouschipper

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"[…] he sat daily in the common school of the village, mending pens, criticizing blotted copy-books, fingering greasy slates, and thumbing dog-eared primmers."

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