Schoolmiss
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 schoolgirl dated
"There was nothing there to interest him, he thought, as Euclid and Algebra, French and Rhetoric were bygone things, while young schoolmisses, in braided hair and pantalettes, were shockingly insipid."
Example
More examples"There was nothing there to interest him, he thought, as Euclid and Algebra, French and Rhetoric were bygone things, while young schoolmisses, in braided hair and pantalettes, were shockingly insipid."
Etymology
From school + miss.
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