school agen.2
/ˈskuːl eɪdʒ/, /ˌskuːl ˈeɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈskul ˌeɪdʒ/ The age range of children normally attending school.
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1631 J. Done Polydoron 128 A humane body in its variation and surcrease, may be similized to the nature of the..planetts; viz. milkie enfancie to Luna, the pratling Schoole age to Mercury.
1741 S. Richardson Lett. Particular Friends cxxx. 168 Nor is the Consequence of this Defect confin'd to the School-age, as I may call it.
1840 Ann. Rep. Board Commissioners Common Schools Connecticut 19 The school age extends nominally from the age of four to sixteen years.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 716 So soon as children have passed school-age, they [etc.].
1939 M. Spring Rice Working-class Wives iii. 66 The children of school age come under the School medical services.
1968 ETC. June 152 But today..babies and housework need not be a full-time occupation, especially as the children grow to school age.
2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) iii. 94 This thinking fired the Sure Start programme of childcare, support and education for ‘at risk’ children under school age.
Derivatives
ˈschool-aged adj.
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1928 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 20 Feb. 25/1 (advt) All school-aged girls need shoes like these of shiny patent leather.
1964 Ebony Oct. 138/2 Another side of the school-aged child is what might be called clannishness.
2000 B. Geddes World Food: Mexico 17 School-aged children still go home for comida but the main family meal is the evening cena.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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