bit of homework

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English

Noun

bit of homework (plural bits of homework)

  1. (British, slang) An attractive woman.
    Synonym: piece of homework
    • 1953, Eric Ambler, The Schirmer Inheritance, Alfred A. Knopf, page 177:
      "And that little bit of homework you've got with you?" / "Miss Kolin, you mean? She's an interpreter."
    • 1996, Barbara Hardy, London Lovers, Peter Owen Publishers, →ISBN, page 85:
      The last time I made love was quick and casual, with a short dark handsome theological student called Harry Lloyd, who reminded me a bit of my glamorous Uncle Bert, prize-winning dancer and lady-fancier who referred to attractive women as nice bits of homework.

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