finishing school

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noun

a private school, usually at the high school or junior college level, that teaches young women social graces and prepares them for life in society.

Origin of finishing school

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby finishing school

finished, finisher, finisher card, finishing, finishing nail, finishing school, finishing touch, finish line, Finistère, Finisterre, finite

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Example sentences from the Web for finishing school

She had not learned that sort of French in her finishing-school.
The Woman-Hater|Charles Reade
De la B. is a trained diplomat, and these months of his "Interinato" have been a "finishing-school" indeed.
Diplomatic Days|Edith O'Shaughnessy
I did not seek in a wife the accomplishments of a finishing-school teacher.
A Strange Story, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
By this time Julia had grown up and was beginning at finishing-school.
In a Little Town|Rupert Hughes

The maid mentally pronounced that Louise's finishing-school French was almost intelligible to one understanding that language.
The Eddy|Clarence L. Cullen

British Dictionary definitions for finishing school

finishing school

noun

a private school for girls that prepares them for society by teaching social graces and accomplishments

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单词	finishing school
释义	finishing school SEE SYNONYMS FOR finishing school ON THESAURUS.COM noun a private school, usually at the high school or junior college level, that teaches young women social graces and prepares them for life in society. Origin of finishing school First recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby finishing school finished, finisher, finisher card, finishing, finishing nail, finishing school, finishing touch, finish line, Finistère, Finisterre, finite Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for finishing school She had not learned that sort of French in her finishing-school. The Woman-Hater\|Charles Reade De la B. is a trained diplomat, and these months of his "Interinato" have been a "finishing-school" indeed. Diplomatic Days\|Edith O'Shaughnessy I did not seek in a wife the accomplishments of a finishing-school teacher. A Strange Story, Complete\|Edward Bulwer-Lytton By this time Julia had grown up and was beginning at finishing-school. In a Little Town\|Rupert Hughes The maid mentally pronounced that Louise's finishing-school French was almost intelligible to one understanding that language. The Eddy\|Clarence L. Cullen British Dictionary definitions for finishing school finishing school noun a private school for girls that prepares them for society by teaching social graces and accomplishments Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to finishing school institute, secondary school, seminary, boarding school, prep school, preparatory school, halls of ivy, military school
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finishing school

noun

Origin of finishing school

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Example sentences from the Web for finishing school

British Dictionary definitions for finishing school

noun

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