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noun

(in Britain) a government school for delinquent boys or girls.

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Origin of approved school

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby approved school

appropriately, appropriation, approvable, approval, approve, approved school, approved social worker, approver, approx., approximal, approximant

How to use approved school in a sentence

Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
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A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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And then I did teachers all throughout elementary school and junior high for my friends.
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Author J.K. Rowling says all religions are present at her beloved wizard school—except Wiccans.
Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

One was a Quaker school, whose name he can no longer recall, in upstate New York.
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All my musical studies till now have been a mere going to school, a preparation for him.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
I ask for half a dozen projectors or so in every school, and for a well-stocked storehouse of films.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He was the most distinguished representative of the English school of composition, and was knighted in 1842.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
The new creed, called the King's Book, approved by the houses of convocation, and made the standard of English orthodoxy.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for approved school

approved school

noun

(in Britain) a former name for community home

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