schoolie
Americannoun
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a fish that swims within a school.
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Australian Informal. a schoolteacher or student.
noun
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a schoolteacher
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a high-school student
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a holiday away from home in which large numbers of school leavers join together
Example Sentences
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Some are part of the “schoolie” movement, families who have bought an old school bus and converted it into a mobile home.
From The Guardian
“Of course Schoolie McSchoolface is a suggested name for a school”
From Salon
They Are What They Eat If ever you've experienced a schoolie feeding frenzy, it will come as no surprise that dolphin are eating machines, chowing down almost continuously and capable of consuming the equivalent of up to 20 percent of their body weight per day.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eric and I use small, white plastic grubtail jigs for lures on schoolie dolphin, and we soak the grubs in chum before fishing.
From Time Magazine Archive
SCHOOL'S IN: Keep schoolie fish near your boat by rigging a caught fish to a boat bumper or mooring buoy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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