hornbook

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hornbook/ˈhɔːnbʊk/

▶noun historical a teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn.

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