colloq. [Short for EXAMINATION.] An examination (sense 5).
1877. Driven to Rome, 67 (D.). Things may be altered since the writer of this novelette went through his ‘Exam.’
1882. J. Hawthorne, Fort. Fool, I. xix. He sported his oak once five consecutive days and nights before an exam.
1884. Athenæum, 15 March, 329/3. Advt., Matriculation and other Exams.
