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borstal

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7 lettersPart of speech nounSorted ablorstStarts with BEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English *borstile, *borghstile, from Old English beorh (“a hill”) + stigel (“a stile”).

Used in a sentence

  • You have juvenile courts. Do you have borstal institutions for juveniles?
  • Seven years ago, I was sent to borstal. Slithering around in the societal sludge, I was forced to admit I'd made a huge mistake – committing robbery.

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