Second Reader
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Second Reader
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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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
A round-faced, Irish nine-year-old chortled on first looking into McGuffey's Second Reader.
From Time Magazine Archive
To develop a sense of reverence; for example, Second Reader, p.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
To awaken and develop interests and tastes that are as yet dormant; for example, Second Reader, p.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
I reminded the children to-night that a year ago they did not know their letters; now they are reading Hillard's Second Reader for the second time.
From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Pearson, Elizabeth Ware
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