(UK, historical) A free school for poor children, where they were taught and in part fed.
(UK, historical) A free school for poor children, where they were taught and in part fed.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(US, historical) An alternative school for black students in places where they were denied access to adequate public school.
(historical, Ireland) A rudimentary school in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland, held outdoors or in a house or barn.
(UK, education, historical) The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students (potentially in a sexual or abusive way).
(UK, education, historical) Of a school: not operated and funded by the school board.
(UK, historical, education) The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students (potentially in a sexual or abusive way).