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SCHOOLIE
Etymology
Noun
schoolie (plural schoolies)
(Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
(Australia) A schoolteacher.
(UK, military) An education officer.
(US, fishing) A juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than stay to itself.
Synonyms
• (senior school student attending school-leaving celebrations): leaver (Western Australia)
• (schoolteacher)
• (education officer)
• (bass that swims in a school): schoolie bass
Source: Wiktionary
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FABLED
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
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