schoolmiss

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noun

schoolgirl

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounschoolmiss (plural schoolmisses)

plural schoolmisses

  1. datedschoolgirl

    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

Origin

From school + miss.

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Cite this entry
APA

schoolmiss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolmiss

MLA

“schoolmiss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolmiss. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schoolmiss,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolmiss.

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