McGuffey
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- proper noun
- /məˈɡəfē/
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McGuffey
- Garland attended one-room schoolhouses when he could, where he studied from the universally used McGuffey's Reader, first published in 1823.
- McGuffey reader
Examples
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The lower levels of cognitive and affective language in the last half of the 19th century coincide with the dominance of the McGuffey reader in Ohio education.
Academic text (2003) -
"I assume I could get her to lend me the Arnold or the McGuffey."
Fiction book (1991) -
Teachers have been singing with students since the days of the McGuffey Reader.
Academic text (2013) -
She looked for the Arnold and the McGuffey, but they were not there.
Fiction book (1991) -
Two centuries before the little red schoolhouse and the McGuffey Readers.
Blog text (27) -
As a child, I learned to read using the McGuffey Readers, which were popular textbooks in the 19th century.
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Many American schools still reference the McGuffey Readers, highlighting their lasting impact on education.
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The McGuffey Reader was introduced in 1836 and helped shape early American literacy.
Compounds
A set of school books from the 1800s in America used to teach children to read and give moral lessons
Surface Forms
Etymology
McGuffey starts with Mc-, a Gaelic part that means 'son of', like in the familiar name McDonald. So McGuffey originally meant 'son of Guffey', and today the name refers to William Holmes McGuffey, the teacher who made the famous McGuffey Readers used in 19th-century schools.