cram school
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cram school
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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After class, heading to cram school, I’d blast Mura Masa loud enough to crush my eardrums.
From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022
A mother from Taro’s soccer class had felt sorry for me and referred us to the cram school her son attended.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2018
A restoration of the 1992 film about a cram school student in Taipei who becomes obsessed with a petty thief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2015
Sid Kim returned to Seoul in 1996 to study, and afterward he opened a range of businesses, including a hugely successful English-language cram school.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2015
The town’s only “hagwon,” a private cram school, stood empty, because so many families with school-age children had moved away.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2014
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