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Definition of 'schoolie'

English

Alternative forms

* Schoolie * schooly

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
  • * 1996 , John Cotterell, Social Networks and Social Influences in Adolescence , page 176,
    • Known as the Drug Awareness Network, it was able to find funding assistance for its work from the National Drug Education unit. The network devised a programme of activities which was later advertised to intending Schoolies by helpers walking the streets and distributing leafets containing information about forthcoming events.
  • * 2007 , John Chalmers, Byron Bay Taxis and Lunacies , page 78,
    • Some of the locals prey on the Schoolies .
  • * 2009 , Justine Vaisutis, Australia , Lonely Planet, page 338,
    • If staying in November or December, the place is filled with hundreds of schoolies .
  • * 2010 , Garry Disher, Blood Moon , page 17,
    • But the victim in this case had been a schoolie', she?d been assaulted during Schoolies Week, and her attacker might have been a fellow ' schoolie .
  • (Australia) A schoolteacher.
  • (UK|military) An education officer.
  • * 2008 , John H. Dunning, Seasons of a Scholar: Some Personal Reflections of an International Business Economist , page 46,
    • Arbroath, being a training station for young naval airmen, also housed several ‘schoolies'’ (education officers), four of whom lived in an adjacent building to mine. I quickly struck up a close friendship with two of the ' schoolies , Ron Horner and Vivian Price.
  • (US) A bass that swims in a school.
  • * 1997 August, Lawrence Pine, Massachusetts?s Plymouth Rock Bass'', '' , page 94,
    • Poppers and Clouser-style flies can produce large numbers of schoolies that average 16 to 24 inches, with a sprinkling of fish from 24 to 28 inches.
  • * 2003 , Larry Larsen, Amazon Peacock Bass Fishing: Top Tactics for Top Locations , page 150,
    • Oklahomans Jim Campbell and Gary Tyler caught 123 peacocks (including two teeners) by concentrating on the schoolies with jigs and other small lures that day.
  • * 2009 , Tom Rosenbauer, Nick Lyons, The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing: 101 Tips for the Absolute Beginner , page 88,
    • Schoolies tend to concentrate inside harbors and along beaches, often moving far inside tidal creeks and salt ponds.

    Synonyms

    * (senior school student attending school-leaving celebrations) leaver (Western Australia) * (schoolteacher) * (education officer) * (bass that swims in a school) schoolie bass

    Derived terms

    * schoolies week

    See also

    * toolie

    Similar to 'schoolie'

    skollie, squoyle, swallie, swallowe