evening school
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of evening school
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Shift workers might not have the same time and leeway as white-collar employees to attend evening school board meetings or morning parent coffees.
From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023
Luke Knox died Wednesday evening, school officials said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022
At the start of the evening, school bells rang and, as the master program dictated, “Petra dressed as schoolteacher” appeared, wearing glasses.
From New York Times • May 29, 2015
Yet on a recent evening, school was precisely where the young British singer found herself.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2014
He had spent many a long year at the parish school and evening school, his mother had taught him, the clergyman’s daughter had helped him, but, better than all this, he had helped himself.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon
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