Meanings
primmer1
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plural primmers
- obsoleteObsolete form of primer (“children's teaching book”).
The old seem as books, the young as the primmers, / The "good as the righteous," the "bad as the sinners;" […]
1853, Dr. Foster (pseud.), A Few Stray Thoughts from the Manuscript Writing of Dr. Foster (page 28)1 more example
[…] he sat daily in the common school of the village, mending pens, criticizing blotted copy-books, fingering greasy slates, and thumbing dog-eared primmers.
1844, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page 247
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primmer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primmer
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