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
We gave an afternoon to each, and almost every morning we went to the Mission Schools; either to the girls' school or to the ragged school.
From What We Saw in Egypt by Anonymous
My Australian friend was at that time wrestling with a real ragged school on the Highway on Sunday afternoons.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
We are therefore not surprised to find her soon at work, her own particular plot being in the ragged school.
From Excellent Women by Various
I remember going through a ragged school in London, once, and finding the eyes of the children in the infant class red and sore.
From The Battle with the Slum by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
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