schoolgirl

[ skool-gurl ]

/ ˈskulˌgɜrl /

Nearby words

First recorded in 1770–80; school¹ + girl

school·girl·ish, adjective

These images of schoolgirl skirts and peekaboo buttock outlines are just the most open, unapologetic manifestation of that.
In Defense of American Apparel: Why a Hitched-Up Skirt Barely Conceals a Profound Social Confusion|Tim Teeman|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And one schoolgirl walks home from class with a friend and is stopped by a stranger who demands the girls show him their breasts.
Everyday Sexism Creator Laura Bates on Helping Women Speak Out|Anna Klassen|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The younger Kate, in contrast, turned her own schoolgirl training with a paintbrush into a career.
Charles Dickens’s Unhappy Children|Michael Gorra|December 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The news that the Taliban gunned down a schoolgirl last week shocked the world, but not a young woman named Noorjahan Akbar.
Sisters in Arms: Young Afghan Activist Continues Malala’s Fight|Alyse Walsh|October 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST

He laughs about how he once burned her foot with a hot poker when she lied about doing her homework as a schoolgirl.
Models vs. Militants: Nisha Pahuja’s Film Shows Two Worlds of Indian Women|Abigail Pesta|May 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Gilderoy was no drawing-room scoundrel, no villain of schoolgirl romance.
A Book of Scoundrels|Charles Whibley
The films for "The Heart of a Schoolgirl" were reported almost ready.
Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures|Alice Emerson
She had read stories of schoolgirl life which seemed more like fairy stories than experiences of real girls.
Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall|Jean K. Baird
The baronet thought it a natural proposition that Clare should be a bride or a schoolgirl.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete|George Meredith
"Sylvia doesn't seem to have outgrown a love of schoolgirl mysteries," returned Edna coolly.
The Opened Shutters|Clara Louise Burnham