And maybe people began to be primmer when they were forgetting his influence."
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
"Only try to look at them a little differently, Molly, not quite so wide-eyed and red-lipped-but primmer and with lowered lashes, just a bit contemptuous, as if your were thinking 'you might as well be a stick or a stone for all the thought I am giving you.
"The Miller Of Old Church"
Ellen Glasgow
A primmer, or Grammer for a young scholler.
"Early English Meals and Manners"
Various