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infants' school

American  

noun

British.
  1. kindergarten.


Etymology

Origin of infants' school

First recorded in 1815–25

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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

The infants' school, lodge, etc., form detached buildings.

From The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 by Various

After leaving this "infants' school" the Plaice, and other small flat fish, go to deeper water.

From Within the Deep Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII. by R. Cadwallader Smith

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