What does school-age mean?

school-age

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Frequency: 5.17 in modern English

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Countable; Uncountable

"One of the gloomy features of village-life is the absence of young men and young women from the scene. So soon as children have passed school-age, they are drafted off in large numbers into the towns for service or other employment."

school-ages (plural)

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