boarding school

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In this enclosure of the Petit-Picpus there were three perfectly distinct buildings,—the Great Convent, inhabited by the nuns, the Boarding-school, where the scholars were lodged; and lastly, what was called the Little Convent.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Boarding-school has a tendency to round people out—too much!

From Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's by Goss, John

The Girls' Boarding-school at Constantinople was also discontinued for similar reasons, and was reopened at Marsovan in 1865.

From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Anderson, Rufus

However, to return to the Ball, one of the ladies performed in Boarding-school French, and as far as looks went, they made a decidedly good impression.

From A Trip to Cuba by Howe, Julia Ward

Two Masters deals with passages in the life of a young lady who is described as "a Boarding-school Miss" in Volume I., and "a young she-fiend" in Volume III.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 6, 1890 by Various