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schoolma'am

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school·ma'am  (sklmäm, -mm)
n.
Variant of schoolmarm.
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Noun1.schoolma'amschoolma'am - a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
schoolmarm, schoolmistress, mistress
school teacher, schoolteacher - a teacher in a school below the college level


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But when my darter -- she's a schoolma'am like you -- went out West to teach I felt real lonesome and wasn't nowise sot against the idea.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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