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
She got her Second Reader, and brought forth a folded packet from behind the criss-cross stitches holding the cover.
From Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart by Hinton, Charles Louis
"If I live till next October," said the boy, in a declamatory tone of voice suitable for a Second Reader.
From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Nye, Bill
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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