subs. (Cambridge University).—A REAR (q.v.) or jakes. [Origin uncertain; said to have been first used at St. John’s or Trinity, where the closets were situated in the Fourth Court. Whatever its derivation, the term is now the only one in use at Cambridge, and is frequently heard outside the university.] The verbal phrase is TO KEEP A FOURTH (see KEEP).

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  ON HIS FOURTH, phr. (common).—Hopelessly drunk. For synonyms, see DRINKS and SCREWED.

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