preppy
noun
a person who is a student at or a graduate of a preparatory school.
preppies
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pluralof preppy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I thought of my public-school classmates, buying boat shoes at the mall, as preppies.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2019
Within the teen movie pantheon, he was long the black sheep, unwilling to play by the rules that had schoolyard jocks and trust-fund preppies ensconced at the top of the hierarchy.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2019
“It wasn’t like we were a bunch of vapid preppies, but God, we were preppy then.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2018
Light-pink-colored swim shorts have the flashy flair of Sonny Crockett from TV show “Miami Vice,” while pinkish denim harks back to preppies with their fondness for eye-searing trousers to match their Madras cocktails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2017
But then, he hadn’t gotten along with preppies or jocks either, or with the school’s administrators.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
