Synonyms for reformatory
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-fawr-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfɔr məˌtɔr i, -ˈtoʊr i |
Définition of reformatory
Origin :- 1704, from past participle stem of Latin reformare "to transform, change" (see reform (v.)). As a noun, "house of correction for juveniles," from 1758.
- noun reform school
- He spent seven years in a reformatory and the kids there were never young.
- Extract from : « The Man from Time » by Frank Belknap Long
- He left here when he was a boy,—to avoid being sent to the reformatory.
- Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips
- It was once used as a school, and later on as a reformatory.
- Extract from : « Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney » by Geraldine Edith Mitton
- He has been sent to a reformatory for a good number of years.
- Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume
- I wonder if they are out of the reformatory yet for setting fire to the barn?
- Extract from : « The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview » by Ralph Bonehill
- His reformatory spirit did not stop with these radical measures.
- Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 » by Various
- Were he to place her in a reformatory, she would not stay there.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
- She meant to interest her in the Reformatory school for William's sake.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 » by Various
- Six weeks hard labour, and then four years in a reformatory.
- Extract from : « Quicksilver » by George Manville Fenn
- But by order of the court several of the accused were transferred to a reformatory.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Life of the Child » by Albert Moll
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