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dame schools

dame schools is the plural of dame school.

Meaning of dame school

Noun

dame school (plural dame schools)

  1. (historical) A school for children, run by a woman.
    • Young Williams knew nothing more at the age of 18 than what a twopenny Dame's School in the village could teach him.1793, Jane Austen, ‘The Generous Curate’, Juvenilia

Questions about dame schools

What is dame schools the plural of?
Dame schools is the plural of dame school.

Words near dame schools in the dictionary

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  2. dambusting
  3. dame
  4. dame de compagnie
  5. dame school
  6. dame schools
  7. Dame's Delight
  8. dame's rocket
  9. dame's rockets
  10. dame's violet
  11. damed

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