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chalkface

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Fromchalk +‎face.

In the education sense, it is a play oncoalface(place where practical work is done), after the chalk used on school blackboards, and is believed to have been coined byTed Wragg for hisTimes Educational Supplement column.

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chalkface (pluralchalkfaces)

  1. (geology) Acliff or quarry exposingchalk, e.g. theWhite Cliffs of Dover
  2. (education) The environment whereteaching is carried out, specifically aschool.
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