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Example sentences from the Web for boarding outBoarding-out is all right in good homes; the difficulty is to find good homes. From Workhouse to Westminster|George Haw The second governs the boarding-out of children in localities outside the union. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various Gheel is an example of the boarding-out system practised on a large scale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5|Various In the Reports of the Inspectors generally, we have many pleasing instances of the social value of the boarding-out system. Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 702|Various
nounsocial welfare, British - the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- (as modifier)boarding-out allowances
Words nearby boarding outboard foot, board game, boarding, boardinghouse, boardinghouse reach, boarding out, boarding party, boarding pass, boarding school, board measure, board of commissioners Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |