[
US
/məˈɡəfi/
]
NOUN
- United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873)
How To Use McGuffey In A Sentence
- The stress marks might seem quaint to us; but McGuffey believed that rhythm and harmony have not only an aesthetic but also a moral value.
- Without waiting for a reply, Mr. McGuffey dropped back into his department and Captain Scraggs, his soul filled with rage and dire forebodings, repaired to the galley, and "candled" four dozen eggs. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates
- The book is a compendium of homilies, a McGuffey's Reader for the voter.
- Then Laddie spelled "incomprehensibility," and they finished up the "bilities" and the "alities" with a rush and changed McGuffey's for Webster, with five on Laddie's side and three on the Princess ', and when they quit with it, the Princess was alone, and Laddie and our little May facing her. Laddie: A True Blue Story
- Adelbert," crooned Mr. McGuffey, "ain't you got no heart? Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates
- McGuffey "tailed" on to the rope and with raucous cries hauled away. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates