gymslip

British

/ ˈdʒɪmˌslɪp /

noun

a tunic or pinafore dress worn by schoolgirls, often part of a school uniform

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The young ladies in question are the infamous belles of St. Trinian's, a gymslip brigade of teacher's pests who terrorize one of the seamier seminaries in Britain's Poison Ivy League.

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