absey book

noun

An ABC book; abecedary; a primer.

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nounabsey book (plural absey books)

plural absey books · alternative absey-book

  1. obsoleteAn ABC book; abecedary; a primer.

    'I shall beseech you' — that is question now / And then comes answer like an Absey book: / 'O sir,' says answer, 'at your best command; / At your employment; at your service, sir:'

    c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
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