or greats, subs. (Cambridge University).—The final examination for the B.A. degree; cf., LITTLE-GO. At Oxford, GREATER.
1841. GEORGE JOHN DAIRE, The Rime of the New-Made Baccalere, iii.
| A scholar came, and he had his | |
| Testamur in a trice— | |
| ‘GREAT-GO is passed, I’m through at last,’ | |
| Quoth he, and shouteth thrice. |
1861. T. HUGHES, Tom Brown at Oxford, ch. x. Both small and GREAT are sufficiently distant to be altogether ignored, if we are that way inclined.
1856–7. THACKERAY, The King of Brentford’s Testament, st. 7.
| At college, though not fast, | |
| Yet his little-go and GREAT-GO | |
| He creditably pass’d. |
1871. Morning Advertiser, 28 April. Yes, Mr. Lowe has been plucked for his GREAT GO.
1883. Echo, 3 May, p. 2, c. 4. But few, indeed, are the men who have been in for GREATS during the last twenty years, and who have not blessed Mr. Kitchin for his edition of the Novum Organum.
