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Dinned Din V Make Learn Constant Repetition R's

Word din, dinned
Definition v. To make someone learn something by constant repetition.
Sentence The three R's were properly dinned into the minds of all [Victorian schoolchildren].
Source The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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