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Definition of dame school in English: dame schoolnoun historical A small primary school run by elderly women, especially in their own homes. Example sentencesExamples - His world was circumscribed - the dame school, the park, the house, occasional visits to the country, to Fern Hill and Aunt Annie.
- Elizabeth Hannah was among the first to open a dame school in Alexandria.
- The school Robert attended was probably a single-teacher, dame school of the type popular at the time, which was early in the history of education in Kendal.
- His family were very keen on making sure he was educated, sending him to ‘dame schools’ until the time his father's debts meant that he was sent to work in a factory.
- I then gave the note for William to one of the other teachers at the dame school.
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