great go

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great go (plural great gos or great goes)

  1. (UK, university slang, dated) The final examination for a degree.
    • 1844, Puck, page 13:
      Though for Great Go and for Small, I teach Paley, cram and all.
    • 1871 April 28, Morning Advertiser:
      Yes, Mr. Lowe has been plucked for his Great Go.

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References
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1900) The Public School Word-Book‎, London: Hirshfeld Brothers, pages 100–101
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1893) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 3, pages 201–202
  • great in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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