schoolma'am
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of schoolma'am
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Some people are a bad lot, schoolma'am, an' I'm one of 'em."
From Project Gutenberg
Certainly the American woman who wishes to lead effectively and aspiringly can no longer be either of the insipidly fashionable or the smart, assertive, schoolma'am type.
From Project Gutenberg
Teachers can even take on the role of Victorian schoolma'am to tick off kids the old-fashioned way.
From The Guardian
Of course her only chance was to attract a jaded glance by her positive plainness, her schoolma'am air, her decent unobtrusiveness.
From Project Gutenberg
Will your 'schoolma'am' let you come away with me?
From Project Gutenberg
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
