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schoolmiss

schoolmiss noun: schoolgirl.

Noun

schoolmiss (plural schoolmisses)

  1. (dated) schoolgirl
    • 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.1867, Mary Jane Holmes, The Cameron Pride: Or, Purified by Suffering, page 31

Forms of schoolmiss

pluralschoolmisses

Origin of schoolmiss

From school + miss.

Questions about schoolmiss

What does schoolmiss mean?
Schoolmiss means schoolgirl.
What part of speech is schoolmiss?
Schoolmiss is a noun.
What is the plural of schoolmiss?
The plural of schoolmiss is schoolmisses.

Words near schoolmiss in the dictionary

  1. schoolmastership
  2. schoolmastery
  3. schoolmate
  4. schoolmates
  5. schoolmen
  6. schoolmiss
  7. schoolmisses
  8. schoolmissish
  9. schoolmissy
  10. schoolmistress
  11. schoolmistresses

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