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
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)
“Do you go to the ragged school still?”
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
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 Churchill, Seton
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 Beale, Anne
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