industrial school
Americannoun
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a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; trade or vocational school.
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a school for educating neglected children or juvenile delinquents committed to its care and training them to some form of industry.
Etymology
Origin of industrial school
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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He dwells upon the ugliness of the Baltimore slums where Ruth was born and the Alcatraz-like atmosphere of the Catholic industrial school where the Babe was sequestered for 10 years as a youth.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
She was removed from her home and confined in the industrial school and laundry system until age 19 — three years after the expiration of the judge’s order making her a ward of the court.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
There, overcoming the poor education she received in the industrial school, she eventually went to college and became an elementary schoolteacher.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
To supply skilled workers, the government has built an industrial school equipped to train 3,500 workers at a time in 55 different trades.
From Time Magazine Archive
“They called it an industrial school, but yes.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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