bit of homework

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.

References

• “bit of homework”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.