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w.h. mcguffey
Mc·Guf·fey
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noun
William Holmes,
1800–73,
U.S. educator: editor of the
Eclectic Readers,
a series of school readers.
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mcguffey
noun
United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873)
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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W.h. mcguffey
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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