industrial school
English
Noun
industrial school (plural industrial schools)
- A school specifically training for skills aimed at industrial employment.
- A small town's industrial school graduates often work in the local factory
- Such a residential school formally used to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents.
- Some industrial schools were known for exploiting and even belting their wayward boys on an almost industrial scale
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