great primer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of great primer
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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The federal Energy Star program has a great primer, titled “A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Sealing and Insulating with Energy Star.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021
It’s a great primer to learn about Mr. Landon’s love of the genre and his thought process when building a horror movie.
From Washington Times • Feb. 13, 2021
As a crash course in using “real” footage to tell a fake story, Fishing With John was a great primer for the wave of reality TV that followed.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2021
The mix is a great primer for her sound: tough, angular, clattering techno and bass music with a constant, addictive groove.
From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2019
Body type, that is, those classes ever seen in ordinary print, aside from display and fancy styles, is in thirteen classes, the smallest technically called brilliant and the largest great primer.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 by Various
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