ragged school
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The museum is housed in three huge canalside buildings, which once formed the largest ragged school in run by Dr Thomas Barnardo.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2012
“He didn’t come to the ragged school to-night.”
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
I have been teaching a ragged school, helping at any charities that needed a hand; but it seems amateur work, and I want to be in the stream of life again!'
From Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Together with one or two fellow students he conducted a ragged school in an old stable.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
I have thought of making some effort to gather them together and start a ragged school.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various
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