great go
See also: great-go
English
Alternative forms
- great-go
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
great go (plural great gos or great goes)
- (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.
-
Derived terms
- greats
See also
- little go
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