charm school
English edit
Noun edit
charm school (plural charm schools)
- (dated) A school where lessons in etiquette and social skills are taught, often as brief courses for children.
- Synonym: finishing school
- 2007 March 11, Margalit Fox, “Marjabelle Y. Stewart, 82, White-Gloved Author, Dies”, in New York Times, retrieved 3 Aug. 2008:
- From there, it was a short step to running a charm school, where she taught the children of the powerful how to bow, curtsey and tenderly ladle punch.
Translations edit
a private school intended to furnish young women with social skills and cultural education — see finishing school
References edit
- “charm school”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.