schoolgirl

[ skool-gurl ]

/ ˈskulˌgɜrl /

a girl attending school.

Origin of schoolgirl

First recorded in 1770–80; school¹ + girl

school·girl·ish, adjective

These images of schoolgirl skirts and peekaboo buttock outlines are just the most open, unapologetic manifestation of that.

In Defense of American Apparel: Why a Hitched-Up Skirt Barely Conceals a Profound Social Confusion |Tim Teeman |August 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And one schoolgirl walks home from class with a friend and is stopped by a stranger who demands the girls show him their breasts.

Everyday Sexism Creator Laura Bates on Helping Women Speak Out |Anna Klassen |April 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The younger Kate, in contrast, turned her own schoolgirl training with a paintbrush into a career.

Charles Dickens’s Unhappy Children |Michael Gorra |December 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The news that the Taliban gunned down a schoolgirl last week shocked the world, but not a young woman named Noorjahan Akbar.

Sisters in Arms: Young Afghan Activist Continues Malala’s Fight |Alyse Walsh |October 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

He laughs about how he once burned her foot with a hot poker when she lied about doing her homework as a schoolgirl.

Models vs. Militants: Nisha Pahuja’s Film Shows Two Worlds of Indian Women |Abigail Pesta |May 5, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Gilderoy was no drawing-room scoundrel, no villain of schoolgirl romance.

A Book of Scoundrels |Charles Whibley
The films for "The Heart of a Schoolgirl" were reported almost ready.

Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures |Alice Emerson
She had read stories of schoolgirl life which seemed more like fairy stories than experiences of real girls.

Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall |Jean K. Baird
The baronet thought it a natural proposition that Clare should be a bride or a schoolgirl.

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete |George Meredith
"Sylvia doesn't seem to have outgrown a love of schoolgirl mysteries," returned Edna coolly.

The Opened Shutters |Clara Louise Burnham