school attendance officer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As he threw up the sash Elder Penno caught sight of Tom Hancock, the school attendance officer, lounging against a post on the quay below.
From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
He took the line that the sacredness of the home diminishes visibly with the entrance of the gas collector, and disappears down the kitchen sink with the arrival of the school attendance officer.
From G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study by West, Julius
There are the school attendance officer and the sanitary inspector.
From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
If you pay less than 40 pounds a year rent, you will sometimes feel tempted to say to the vaccination officer, the school attendance officer, and the sanitary inspector: "Is this child mine or yours?"
From Getting Married by Shaw, Bernard
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