schooltide

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noun

schooltime

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Meanings

nounschooltide (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableschooltime

    My greatest intimate, from the days of my schooltide, was Mr. John Irving, now a Writer to the Signet.

    1837, John Gibson Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, volume 1, page 26
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    […] Miriam's absolute silence respecting her home, gave rise to the suspicion that she shared the hapless fate of those to whom schooltide and holidays are alike. But, while Miriam made no friends, she had not a few admirers […]

    1858, Margaret Agnes Paul, Uncle Ralph, page 198

Origin

From school + -tide.

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APA

schooltide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schooltide

MLA

“schooltide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schooltide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schooltide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schooltide.

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