Primmer

//ˈpɹɪm.ɚ//

Synonyms for "primmer" (79 found)

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Closest matches (16)

bluenosed buckram censorious ceremonial ceremonious chipper conventional correct courtly decorous demure formal frigid genteel hidebound impersonal

Strong matches (24)

in buckram mid victorian mid-victorian modest narrow neat nice niminy piminy old-maidish orderly overmodest precise prig priggish prissy proper prudish

Adjective(5 words)

mincing niminy-piminy priggish prissy prudish

Verb(2 words)

prim out prim up

Related words (39)

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Sample sentences

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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.

Source: wiktionary

The old seem as books, the young as the primmers, / The "good as the righteous," the "bad as the sinners;" […]

Source: wiktionary

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