| 单词 | reform school |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreform school reform school n. chiefly North American = reformatory school n. at reformatory adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > reform school house of reformation1581 reformatory1758 reform school1839 truant-school1872 training school1905 approved school1932 juvie1967 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for young offenders house of reformation1581 reformatory1758 reform school1839 Borstal1907 community home1915 boot camp1978 1839 T. Wyse in Papers Central Soc. Educ. III. 386 Superintendence and training; schools of Art; Reform schools for young criminals; guardianship of illegitimate children. 1847 Acts & Resolves Gen. Court Mass. 405 There shall be established, in the town of Westborough..a school, for the instruction, employment, and reformation, of juvenile offenders, to be called the State Reform School. 1913 J. London Valley of Moon i. 3 An' her with seven, an' two of 'em in reform school. 1990 L. H. Birnie Rock & Hard Place v. 66 He was sentenced to an indefinite period in reform school in Ontario. 2003 D. Gaines Misfit's Manifesto ii. 34 I made sense of this music through the context in which I experienced it,..a time when suburban street gangs, back-alley abortions, reform school, bad reputations, and probation officers ruled the day. < as lemmas |
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