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noun
a public school usually including both primary and secondary grades but sometimes primary grades alone.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of common school
An Americanism dating back to 1650–60
Words nearby common school
common rafter, common ratio, common room, commons, common salt, common school, common scold, common seal, common sennit, common sense, common-sense realism
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