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 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
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
The infants' school, lodge, etc., form detached buildings.
From The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 by Various
When about one inch in length they leave this infants' school, and join another at the bottom of the sea.
From On the Seashore by Smith, R. Cadwallader
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