charm school

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A school where lessons in etiquette and social skills are taught, often in brief courses and to children

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.

{i} school where proper etiquette and polite manners are taught
A school or course in which polite manners and proper etiquette are taught. a school where young women were sometimes sent in the past to learn how to behave politely and gracefully
charm school

    Türkische aussprache

    çärm skul

    Aussprache

    /ˈʧärm ˈsko͞ol/ /ˈʧɑːrm ˈskuːl/

    Etymologie

    [ 'chärm ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English charme, from Middle French, from Latin carmen song, from canere to sing; more at CHANT.
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