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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
borstal /ˈbɔːst(ə)l/

▶noun Brit. historical a custodial institution for young offenders.

– origin early 20th cent.: named after the village of Borstal in southern England, where the first of these was established.

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