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
The ragged school was the one in which he was so much interested, and that he had been instrumental in establishing.
From Gladys, the Reaper by Anne Beale
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 Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
The ragged school children loved him, and through them, he got at the hearts of some of their degraded parents.
From Gladys, the Reaper by Anne Beale
The ragged school at Gravesend still retains the Chinese flags which he presented to the boys, flags which he had himself captured from the Taiping rebels.
From General Gordon A Christian Hero by Seton Churchill
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