Schoolgirl
['skuːlgɜːl] or ['skulɡɝl]
Definition
(n.) A girl belonging to, or attending, a school.
Typist: Zamenhof
Examples
- Therefore, to use the expressive, if not elegant, language of a schoolgirl, He was as nervous as a witch and as cross as a bear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Who's this little schoolgirl that is ogling and making love to him? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To quit crude schoolgirl fancies, and come to realities. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Gail