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three R's

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the three R's
reading, writing, and arithmetic (= mathematics). By the age of 6, all our pupils have a firm grasp of the three R's.
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"You shall teach me, and when I am a woman we will set up a school where nothing but the three R's shall be taught, and all the children live on oatmeal, and the girls have waists a yard round," said Rose, with a sudden saucy smile dimpling her cheeks.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Most of them were clever, drunken critters who taught the children the three R's when they were sober, and lambasted them when they wasn't.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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