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Definition of finishing school noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

finishing school

noun

/ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ skuːl/

/ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ skuːl/

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a private school where young women from rich families are taught how to behave in fashionable society

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