单词 | kitchengarten |
释义 | kitchengartenn. Education (originally and chiefly North American). Now historical and rare. A school or class for children (esp. girls) giving practical instruction in housekeeping skills. Also: an educational system for teaching such skills to young children through song and play. Cf. kitchen garden n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > school for the poor hospital1552 charity-school1682 Blue Coat Hospital1700 blue coat school1706 poor school1727 national school1814 industrial school1827 ragged school1843 kitchengarten1877 barrack school1894 1877 Ragged School Union Q. Rec. July 123 Kitchen Garten. This is a new effort, and may be better understood by putting it in plain English—playing at servants. 1964 Jrnl. Illinois State Hist. Soc. 57 18 Other activities sponsored at the settlement were a day nursery, a kindergarten, a kitchen-garten, a free laundry for women, a school of health giving instruction in first aid and home hygiene, and a women's discussion group. 2007 D. A. Skok More than Neighbors 41 Kitchengartens were also intended to train girls for employment in domestic service and ultimately marriage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877 |
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