correspondence school

noun

1. a school operating on a system in which study materials and tests are mailed to the students, who in turn mail their work back to the school for grading.

correspondence school

noun

1. an educational institution that offers tuition ( correspondence courses ) by post

Word History and Origins

Origin of correspondence school¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Don't attempt to spring any correspondence school salesmanship on a real editor.

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For a year now I have been getting steamship circulars, and I have taken a little French through a correspondence school.

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The Correspondence School detective waved his paste-brush more frantically than ever.

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Five dollars was little enough to ask for two nights of first-class Correspondence School detective work.

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The next night the Correspondence School detective wasted no time in preliminary observations of the lay of the land.

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