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schoolma'am

[ skool-mam, -mahm ]

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of schoolma'am1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; school 1 + ma'am
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"Some people are a bad lot, schoolma'am, an' I'm one of 'em."

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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.

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Teachers can even take on the role of Victorian schoolma'am to tick off kids the old-fashioned way.

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Of course her only chance was to attract a jaded glance by her positive plainness, her schoolma'am air, her decent unobtrusiveness.

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Will your 'schoolma'am' let you come away with me?

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