Second Reader
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Second Reader
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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A round-faced, Irish nine-year-old chortled on first looking into McGuffey's Second Reader.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Second Reader contained more complicated animal stories, also some frightening ones — big bears, fierce tigers — and the im mortal legend of George Washing ton and his father's cherry tree.
From Time Magazine Archive
He 70called the Second Reader Class “dear children,” and “mothers of a coming generation,” and “moulders of the future welfare.”
From Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart by Hinton, Charles Louis
The book bought for her by her first husband is an original McGuffy's Second Reader.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
I asked all the First and Second Reader classes, and the little specks of girls in A B C. They all looked very much pleased.
From Aunt Madge's Story by May, Sophie
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