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noun

(in Britain) a place where offenders aged 15 to 21 may be detained and given training, instruction, and workFormer names: borstal, youth custody centre

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Many young people are still shedding the ignorance of our parents.
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“This is a distressing predicament for these young people,” thought Mr. Pickwick, as he dressed himself next morning.
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I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
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She stood, in her young purity, at one end of the chain of years, and Mrs. Chepstow—did she really stand at the other?
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Two young lovers were exchanging their hearts' yearnings beneath the children's tent, which they had found unoccupied.
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