Finishing-school definition

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A private girls' school that stresses training in cultural subjects and social activities.
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A private school for young women that emphasizes training in cultured behavior, social graces, etc.
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(dated) A private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society.
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Alternative spelling of finishing school.
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Noun

Singular:
finishing-school
Plural:
finishing-schools

Finishing-school Sentence Examples

  • There's nothing stopping you from finishing school.

  • Anyway, there's nothing stopping him from finishing school now if he's still interested in becoming a veterinarian.

  • And I suppose I should know as I worked as a chrome plater after finishing school.

  • Young women who need reform are brought to the show and put through finishing school activities.

  • The teachers on the show are real-life finishing school teachers and the education the contestants receive is real.

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