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schoolmisses

schoolmisses is the plural of schoolmiss.

Meaning of schoolmiss

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

Questions about schoolmisses

What is schoolmisses the plural of?
Schoolmisses is the plural of schoolmiss.

Words near schoolmisses in the dictionary

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

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