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blackboard jungle
noun
, Informal.
- a school or school system characterized by lack of discipline and by juvenile delinquency.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blackboard jungle1
From the novel of the same name (1954) by American author Evan Hunter (1926–2005), on the model of asphalt jungle;
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