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schoolmarmish
Variant of schoolmarm
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noun
- Old-fashioned a woman schoolteacher
- Informal any person whose attitudes and behavior resemble those often attributed to schoolmarms, as pedantry, priggishness, or prudishness
Related Forms:
- schoolmarmish adjective
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