infants' school
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of infants' school
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Yes, it's like being forced to have fun by an overbearing infants' school teacher.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2013
In Hereford, England, when an infants' school class was told to come in one day dressed in costumes suitable for a world pageant, every child showed up wearing a cowboy outfit.
From Time Magazine Archive
In an "infants' school" in London, the teacher from Kansas City entertained her pupils with a U.S. nursery story about The Little Engine That Could.
From Time Magazine Archive
I would rather build an infants' school or a home for cats, or something with a pretence of common sense, with the money in future.
From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
Near the convent there is a commodious girls' and infants' school connected with St. Augustine's, the general average attendance being about 240.
From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus
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