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Search phrase: hornbook

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Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.45Yes, yes! He teaches boys the horn-book. What isYes, yes, he teaches boyes the Horne-booke: What is
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.ii.42He'll eat a hornbook ere he fail. Go to,Hee'l eate a hornebooke ere he faile: goe too,

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hornbook[teaching device] leaf of paper, protected by a piece of thin horn, showing the letters of the alphabet and other information

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