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Definition of Apprenticing
1. apprentice [v] - See also: apprentice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apprenticing
Literary usage of Apprenticing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Irish Quarterly Review (1858)
"BENEVOLENT apprenticing SOCIETY. The first annual meeting of this Society was
held yesterday, at twelve o'clock, in the Dispensary House, Grand Parad'e. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Real apprenticing or "binding-out" has passed away. Adoption is not a legal act
unless confirmed by the proper procedure in a court of record. ..."
3. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"Evils of apprenticing the Children of Paupers (Report of the Reverend H. Mosely,
Inspector, to the Committee of Council on Education for England. ..."
4. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1883)
"... died at York, and founded a Charity at Rochdale for apprenticing poor boys
and girls to trades, the Vicar of the parish to be one of the trustees. ..."
5. A History of the English Poor Law: In Connection with the State of the by George Nicholls, Thomas Mackay (1898)
"... of corn—The plague—Gunpowder Plot—Exportation of beer—Killing of game—Enactments
against drunkenness —" Levellers "—apprenticing poor children—Desertion ..."
6. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1808)
"... clothing and apprenticing of six poor orphan boys, sons of shipwrights, who
have served their apprenticeship in the Dock-yard: the original endowment ..."
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