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hornbook

[ hawrn-book ]

noun

  1. a leaf or page containing the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a sheet of transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle, formerly used in teaching children to read.
  2. a primer or book of rudiments.


hornbook

/ ˈɔːˌʊ /

noun

  1. a page bearing a religious text or the alphabet, held in a frame with a thin window of flattened cattle horn over it
  2. any elementary primer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hornbook1

First recorded in 1580–90; horn + book
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That’s “hornbook law” — so basic it doesn’t require citation for law students.

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In the early 1600s, a child’s first book in New England was called a hornbook, a board in the shape of a paddle upon which was written the Lord’s Prayer and the alphabet.

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While hornbooks present information in a more straightforward manner, they will also contain nuances your professor doesn't care about.

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Matthew lifted his eyes from the hornbook to his niece’s white face.

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In the appendix to my Products Liability hornbook, I show how competitive considerations will lead manufacturers to implement many efficient quality control measures even in the absence of liability to injured users. 

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