"Miss Fidditch" meaning in All languages combined

See Miss Fidditch on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Miss Fidditches [plural]
Etymology: Introduced by Martin Joos in The Five Clocks (1967). Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Miss Fidditch}} Miss Fidditch (plural Miss Fidditches)
  1. (derogatory) A pedantic, prescriptivist language teacher. Wikipedia link: Martin Joos Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-Miss_Fidditch-en-noun-74WZZX~3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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