commercial college
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of commercial college
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Kath left school at the age of 14 and attended commercial college before beginning secretarial work.
From BBC • May 3, 2025
Son John went to work as a bookkeeper in a Cleveland commission house at 16 after high school and a short turn in a commercial college.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other educational establishments are a school of art, a national conservatory of music, a commercial college, four trades’ schools with more than 600 pupils and a national library.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
She called for subscriptions for a cooking-school for boys, and demanded the endowment of a commercial college for girls, and wound up by insisting upon a uniform dress for both sexes.
From The Enchanted Typewriter by Bangs, John Kendrick
The Dunlops, as it happened, were childless for the winter, young Chauncey attending a "commercial college" in a neighboring town.
From The Desert and the Sown by Foote, Mary Hallock
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