Schoolship

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Schoolship \School"ship`\, n.
     A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which
     naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of
     the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a
     vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by
     the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.


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