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schoolmarm Definition


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schoolmarm
noun
    colloq:
    (N Amer, especially US)
    1. A schoolmistress.
    2. A prim woman with old-fashioned manners or attitudes.
Derivative: schoolmarmish
adj
    Like or typical of a schoolmarm.


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