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reform school

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reform school
n.
See reformatory.
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Noun1.reform schoolreform school - correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
reformatory, training school
borstal - formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison
correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government


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"An' her with seven, an' two of 'em in reform school," the girl at the next board sniffed sympathetic agreement.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
I traded for postage-stamps, for minerals, for curios, for birds' eggs, for marbles (I had a more magnificent collection of agates than I have ever seen any boy possess--and the nucleus of the collection was a handful worth at least three dollars, which I had kept as security for twenty cents I loaned to a messenger-boy who was sent to reform school before he could redeem them).
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
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