an imaginary British private school for girls in humorous cartoon stories of the 1950s and later in a number of humorous films. The girls are very badly behaved and the teachers cannot control them, and they have many amusing and exciting adventures, often involving illegal activities.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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