Definition of Creches

1. Noun. (plural of creche) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of crèche) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Creches

1. creche [n] - See also: creche

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creches

creaturehood
creaturehoods
creatureless
creaturelike
creatureliness
creaturely
creatures
creatureship
creaturize
creaturized
creaturizes
creaturizing
creaze
crebrous
creche
creches (current term)
cred
credal
credence
credenced
credences
credencing
credenda
credendum
credent
credential
credentialed
credentialing
credentialism
credentialisms

Literary usage of Creches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Health and Insurance: American Addresses by Arthur Newsholme (1920)
"These creches, unless managed with the most rigid medical and general cleanliness, ... Open-air creches give admirable occasional relief to mothers, ..."

2. Charities of France in 1866: An Account of Some of the Principal Existing by William Richards Lawrence (1867)
"creches. HE creches, which were originally established in Paris, * for children under two years of age, where mothers had to seek work outside their own ..."

3. Journal of the Sanitary Institute by Sanitary Institute (Great Britain) (1900)
"This is especially noticeable if they have been round-shouldered before, which they are very apt to be when growing quickly. value of creches or Nurseries ..."

4. A handy book for Guardians of the poor by George Christopher Trout Bartley (1876)
"of the children of the very poorest) do not need to be still further pauperised by the establishment of charitable creches. Possibly the attention which ..."

5. Starting Strong II: Early Childhood Education and Care by Publi Oecd Published by Oecd Publishing, Oecd, OECD., SourceOECD (Online service, SourceOECD (Online service). (2006)
"17% of age 4, periods 84% of age 5 Tagesmutter(fDC) and Krippen (creches) care for 8.9% Kindergartens enrol 80% of children 3-6 of children 0-3 DOGs (family ..."

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