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reform school
noun
A penal institution for juveniles, especially males.
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"Reform?" "What?" "Is it a reform school?" "Nah, she's gone to daft school".
Sanneh tracks Earl to a reform school in Samoa and corresponds with him via e-mail.
Jim Buck's School for Dogs was equal parts exclusive preparatory academy, exercise class and reform school.
You started from reform school.
To me, reform school was a gas.
"I hate to send kids to reform school," Logan said.
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In reform school, he got into fights and screamed obscenities at the staff.
And don't miss "Catholic Protectory Line-Up" (1961), which recalls Fasanella's reform-school days.
The two minority characters are 2015 versions of reform-school kids.
Not bad for a kid abandoned by his parents and sent to reform school in his teens.
At 10 he was arrested for theft and put in a Roman Catholic reform school.
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