SCHOOLGIRL

schoolgirl

(noun) a girl attending school

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

schoolgirl (plural schoolgirls)

A girl attending school.

Hypernyms

• pupil, student (especially US)

Verb

schoolgirl (third-person singular simple present schoolgirls, present participle schoolgirling, simple past and past participle schoolgirled)

(transitive, wrestling, rare) To restrain in a schoolgirl pin.

Source: Wiktionary


School"girl`, n.

Definition: A girl belonging to, or attending, a school.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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