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borstal

noun as in house of correction

noun as in reform school

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You may find it in the little street that runs off the market place, going down towards the Borstal Institution.

Bertram Borstal turned out his pockets and spread their contents on the table before him.

It was not till he heard this that Bertram Borstal, racked with indigestion, realised the atrocious barbarity of his reprieve.

This led to the foundation of the Borstal scheme, which was first formally started in October 1902.

At Caversham there is a small proportion of the inmates who should be transferred to a Borstal institution.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to borstal, such as: detention center, detention home, house of detention, reformatory, and reform school.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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