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View synonyms for reform school

reform school

[ ri-fawrm skool ]

noun

  1. (no longer in official use) reformatory ( def 2 ).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of reform school1

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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Example Sentences

Did you meet any teenagers whose behavior or actions seemed at all worthy (on any level) of being sent to a reform school?

Rotherham had demonstrated outright hostility to his previous efforts to reform school-lunch nutrition.

Such were the public sentiment and sense of honor, even in a reform school.

In January, 1871, he was appointed an officer of the reform school at Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Three were sent to the penitentiary, seven to the reform school and fourteen let go temporarily on good behavior.

A hotel without women would be almost as cheerful as a reform school.

Tell him you don't want to send them to the reform school, but would like to have them put under the discipline of a big ship.

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