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room father

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noun

  1. a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.


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Go straight to his room, father; don't let anybody see you down in the office; I couldn't bear it; and slip out with him as quietly as you can.

From A Modern Instance by William Dean Howells

"Suppose you just come and sit with me in my room, father," said Morgan.

From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Louis Zangwill

"I suppose my things have been moved into your room, father?"

From The End of Her Honeymoon by Marie Belloc Lowndes

Why don’t you have a fire in the room, father?

From The Scarlet Feather by Will Grefé

So I said, 'This is your room, father; you must stay with me now.'

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Gustav Freytag

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