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FINISHING SCHOOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does finishing school mean?
• FINISHING SCHOOL (noun)
The noun FINISHING SCHOOL has 1 sense:
1. a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities
Familiarity information: FINISHING SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("finishing school" is a kind of...):
school (an educational institution)
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