great primer
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noun Printing.
an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.
Origin of great primer
First recorded in 1675–85
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It was not until 1757 that he published his first work, a Virgil in royal quarto, with great-primer letters.
This Simian WorldClarence Day
I saw all this as plainly as if it had all been printed in great-primer type, instead of working itself out in her features.
The Poet at the Breakfast TableOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
great primer
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