Dick-and-Jane Definition

dĭkənd-jān
adjective
Of or relating to a book for beginning readers using a small set of basic words that are frequently repeated.
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Origin of Dick-and-Jane

  • After Fun with Dick and Jane and similar titles, children's readers by William S. Gray (1885–1960) and May Hill Arbuthnot (1884–1969)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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