eddication

Say, Doctor, is that what you call eddication, eh?

The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Gerhart Hauptmann 1904

He had little "eddication," could hardly read, and was therefore greatly impressed with the value of "book larnin '," and determined that his own children should have the "best that money could git in that line," which probably meant that they should read fluently.

Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

Thomas Lincoln had no use for "eddication," as he called it.

The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Wayne Whipple 1899

Ah well - I guess one gets an eddication of sorts doing the Grauniad quickie

Quick crossword No 12,706 2011

‘Wery glad to hear it, sir,’ replied the old man; ‘I took a good deal o’ pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was wery young, and shift for hisself.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2007

"Says I to Mr. Lessing to-day when we was talking together about this eddication business, 'It's all very well sayin' as we must make the schools so fine and grand, but what I wants to know is, who's goin 'to pay?" said Allison.

The Village by the River H. Louisa Bedford

They're shocking back'ard in their eddication, and, between you and me, the missus makes them back'arder.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Various

I always told my wife that all Mrs Jonathan's eddication was too much for us, and so it is turning out.

Gladys, the Reaper Anne Beale

He said that a man's "nateral" parts needed to be improved by "eddication."

Public Speaking Irvah Lester Winter

Mother! eddication wouldn't learn no woman how to make better bread'n yourn.

The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories Various