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: a child's primer usually made of two or three pages of stiff cardboard on which were printed or impressed the alphabet, numerals, and other rudimentary material and used especially in the 17th and 18th centuries

: a child's primer usually made of two or three pages of stiff cardboard on which were printed or impressed the alphabet, numerals, and other rudimentary material and used especially in the 17th and 18th centuries

3 : a child's primer usually made of two or three pages of stiff cardboard on which were printed or impressed the alphabet, numerals, and other rudimentary material and used especially in the 17th and 18th centuries

: a light flat bat or racket that is used in striking a shuttlecock

: a light flat bat or racket that is used in striking a shuttlecock

2 a : a light flat bat or racket that is used in striking a shuttlecock

: a long-handled paddle that is used for placing loaves in an oven

: a long-handled paddle that is used for placing loaves in an oven

c : a long-handled paddle that is used for placing loaves in an oven

: a tool with a long flat blade with a square end that is used in glassworking to flatten the bottoms of vessels

: a tool with a long flat blade with a square end that is used in glassworking to flatten the bottoms of vessels

b : a tool with a long flat blade with a square end that is used in glassworking to flatten the bottoms of vessels

: a beetle or bat that is used in washing or smoothing clothes

: a beetle or bat that is used in washing or smoothing clothes

1 a : a beetle or bat that is used in washing or smoothing clothes

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