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View synonyms for hornbook
hornbook
/ ˈhɔːnˌbʊk /
noun
- a page bearing a religious text or the alphabet, held in a frame with a thin window of flattened cattle horn over it
- any elementary primer
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This may seem like hornbook eighth-grade civics, but it bears repeating.
From The Daily Beast
And, Captain Borroughcliffe, as you appear to be forgetting the use of your own language, here is even a hornbook for you!
From Project Gutenberg
It was difficult to get books in those days, and a hornbook would last a long time.
From Project Gutenberg
They also tell of the use of the hornbook and the sun-dial, describe the making of soap and candles, and so forth.
From Project Gutenberg
But not to nod over a hornbook at the petty school—not John Shakespeare's son!
From Project Gutenberg
His "Gull's Hornbook" is written against coxcombs, and he says their "vinegar railings shall not quench his Alpine resolutions."
From Project Gutenberg
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