schoolgirldom

English

Etymology

From schoolgirl +‎ -dom.

Noun

schoolgirldom (uncountable)

1. Synonym of schoolgirlhood

   Coordinate terms: schoolboydom, schoolboyhood

   • 1853, Bannerford; or, The Valley of Gold, page 364:

     He had also brought down a further reinforcement in the shape of his spinster-aunt, and fair young sister; the latter had surprised him, as he said, one fine morning, by throwing off the shackles of schoolgirldom, in which he had almost left her to oblivion.

   • 1925, Ian Hay, Paid in Full, page 138:

     Molly, in the regulation blue serge and coloured hat-ribbon of schoolgirldom, approached her grand-uncle with solemn eyes.