charm school

noun

noun

Dated A school where lessons in etiquette and social skills are taught, often as brief courses for 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.2007 March 11, Margalit Fox, “Marjabelle Y. Stewart, 82, White-Gloved Author, Dies”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Aug 2008:

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