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Horn book
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A type of child's primer in the shape of a paddle which appeared at the end of the sixteenth century, consisting of a sheet of parchment or paper protected by a transparent sheet of cattle horn, mounted on an oblong piece of wood with a handle by which it could hang from a child's girdle. Its shape suggests that it may have been used in games.