schoolgirl

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Noun

schoolgirl (plural schoolgirls)

1. A girl attending school.
   • 1975, John Greaves, Dickens at Doughty Street (page 33)

     That he married the wrong sister (as is sometimes suggested) is scarcely a feasible explanation, for Mary was hardly more than a schoolgirl when Dickens first came into the Hogarth family.

Translations

• French: élève, écolière
• German: Schülerin, Schulmädchen
• Italian: alunna, scolara
• Portuguese: aluna
• Russian: шко́льница

Verb

schoolgirl (schoolgirls, present participle schoolgirling; past and past participle schoolgirled)

1. (transitive, wrestling, rare) To restrain in a schoolgirl pin.
   • 2004, Wrestling Observer Newsletter (page 57)

     Victoria & Nidia beat Stratus & Kim in 3:45 when Victoria schoolgirled Kim.

   • 2017, James Dixon, ‎Arnold Furious, ‎Bob Dahlstrom, The Raw Files: 2001 (page 121)

     She tags herself in only to get schoolgirled for the pin.

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