evening school


Origin of evening school

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First recorded in 1815–25

Words Nearby evening school

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How to use evening school in a sentence

  • There he went to an evening-school to learn French, paying only for the hours he attended.

    The Royal Institution | Bence Jones
  • Ways must be found for extending the evening-school facilities.

  • Another custom of the place I also fell in with, which was, to keep an evening-school.

  • In interviews, the rural evening-school students usually explained that they felt "funny" and were shy and awkward in the school.

    A Stake in the Land | Peter Alexander Speek
  • An evening-school had been opened for boys too large to stay at home evenings, and just the right age to fall into temptations.

    Hope Mills | Amanda M. Douglas