reform-school

reform school

noun
reformatory ( def 2 ).

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism

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reform school

noun
correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders [syn: reformatory
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Reform-school is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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