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hornbook

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This may seem like hornbook eighth-grade civics, but it bears repeating.

And, Captain Borroughcliffe, as you appear to be forgetting the use of your own language, here is even a hornbook for you!

It was difficult to get books in those days, and a hornbook would last a long time.

They also tell of the use of the hornbook and the sun-dial, describe the making of soap and candles, and so forth.

But not to nod over a hornbook at the petty school—not John Shakespeare's son!

His "Gull's Hornbook" is written against coxcombs, and he says their "vinegar railings shall not quench his Alpine resolutions."

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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hornbook, such as: addition, debut, establishment, inauguration, influx, and initiation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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