schoolma'am

[ skool-mam, -mahm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; school ¹ + ma'am

Do you think the Little Schoolma'am would know where all these places are?

Demn me, but I believe all his domestics have fallen in love with the pretty schoolma'am.

By the rules of this camp, this place is sacred to the schoolma'am and her children.

My talk ain't rhyme stuff, nor the Muse o' Grammar wa'n't my schoolma'am.

I believe in sending them to school where there are backs to the benches, and where the schoolma'am has had at least "one offer."

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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