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Meanings of reform school in English

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reformatori

Correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders.

reformatori
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Examples for "reformatory"
Examples for "reformatory"
1
Give these youthful offenders the benefit of schools, connected with the reformatory.
The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
2
One is letting or selling this house for a reformatory, or school.
The Uninhabited House
3
Bad boys do not come here, but are sent to the reformatory.
The Rover Boys in Camp; or, The Rivals of Pine Island
4
English artists in literature and in painting have done some great reformatory work.
Pictures Every Child Should Know / A Selection of the World's Ar...
5
They decide to send him to a reformatory the next year.
The new yorker
1
Could savings come from training school-age cricket teams to maintain the fields?
Reuters
2
They never tell you how heavy a corpse is in training school.
The Atrocity Archives
3
He wanted to found a hospital and a training school for nurses.
The Rains Came
4
The daily life of the Mongols was a training school for war.
Early European History
5
Such scientific household management is the rarest kind of a training school.
The Business of Being a Woman
Usage of reform school in English
1
Kerkorian was sent to reform school and dropped out at age 16.
Reuters
2
They sent me to the reform school till I was of age.
The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph
3
He licked me good and had me sent to the reform school.
Horses Nine / Stories of Harness and Saddle
4
Judge Lindsey sends boys to the reform school without officer or guard.
Love, Life & Work / Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Nat...
5
A teenage Berry ended up in reform school for armed robbery.
Reuters
6
You control those boys of yours before they end up in reform school!
Boy’s Life
7
They 'phoned us a boy got away from the reform school.
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo...
8
While Hyman was attending high school, Pasquale was attending reform school.
From Place to Place
9
A hotel without women would be almost as cheerful as a reform school.
Peck's Compendium of Fun / Comprising the Choicest Gems of Wit, ...
10
Ooh, bouncing around from one reform school boy to the next.
Torment
11
Aunt Lavinia has had me arrested; she wants to send me to reform school.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
12
But I warn you that no law can send me to the reform school.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
13
You want to send me back to the reform school.
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo...
14
He'll fetch up in the penitentiary, or reform school, some of these fine days.
The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey
15
Fellow, that name, just run off f'm the reform school.
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo...
16
Believe me, in reform school, it was definitely there.
Big bosoms and square jaws
Translations for reform school