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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
A B C Book.
 
A primer, a book in which articles are set in alphabetical order, as the A B C Railway Guide. The old Primers contained the Catechism, as is evident from the lines:—
       
“That is question now:
And then comes answer like an Absey book.”
       
Shakespeare: King John, i. 1.
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 A.B.C.A.B.C. Process (The) 

 
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