Usually means: Etiquette, culture training for women.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word finishing schools:

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  1. finishing schools: Merriam-Webster
  2. finishing schools: Collins English Dictionary
  3. finishing schools: Vocabulary.com
  4. finishing schools: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. finishing-schools, finishing schools: Wiktionary
  6. Finishing schools: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. finishing schools: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. finishing schools: Encyclopedia

(Note: See finishing_school as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (finishing school)

noun:  (dated) A private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society.
▸ Also see finishing_school


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