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1. absence, n. View full entry 1753
...Eton College (formerly also Rugby School). The calling of the roll; roll-call. Also in to call absence....
2. aeger, adj. and n. View full entry 1835
...Of a student or pupil: excused from attendance at lectures, classes, etc., on account of illness....
3. aeger, adj. and n. View full entry 1848
...Of or relating to such absence....
4. aeger, adj. and n. View full entry 1852
...A note certifying that a student is aeger; (also) an instance of being aeger....
5. beak, n.3 View full entry 1888
...transf. (Schoolboy slang.) A schoolmaster....
6. beefy, adj. View full entry 1903
...Schoolboy slang. Good, clever, fair, attractive....
7. Big-side, n. View full entry 1845
...A sporting event (esp. a rugby football match) participated in by senior boys; a team consisting of senior boys; (also) the ground where such matches take place. Also attrib....
8. bill, n.3 View full entry 1814
...At Harrow School, properly, the list of boys; hence, the calling-over of the list. Also attrib....
9. bill, n.3 View full entry a1877
...At Eton College, the punishment-list....
10. Black Friday, n. View full entry 1610
...School slang. A Friday on which an examination is held. Cf. Black Monday2. Obs....
11. Black Monday, n. View full entry 1735
...School slang. The first school day after a vacation. Cf. Black Friday1....
12. blood, n. (and int.) View full entry 1763
...At public schools and some universities: a person whose dress or behaviour are emulated by others; a leader of fashion. Now rare and arch....
13. brosier | brozier, n. View full entry 1850
...Eton College slang. A boy who has spent all his pocket-money....
14. brosier | brozier, v. View full entry 1850
...trans. In Eton College phraseology: to attempt to exhaust the supply of food at a meal, as an expression of dissatisfaction with the fare provided; esp. in the phrase to...
15. cabbage, n.3 View full entry 1870
...School slang. A translation or other piece of writing secretly used or copied by a pupil or student; a crib. Cf cab, cabbage2. Obs....
16. calx, n. View full entry 1864
...Eton College slang. Another Latin sense of calx, ‘the goal, anciently marked with lime or chalk’. The goal-line (at foot-ball)....
17. † ˈcampo, n.1 View full entry 1612
...Play-field, play-ground....
18. cavalier, n. and adj. View full entry 1967
...Brit.slang (orig. School slang). An uncircumcised male. Opposed to roundhead5....
19. cave, int. View full entry 1868
...Beware! A signal of warning, e.g. of the approach of a master. Also used subst. in phr. to keep cave....
20. Charterhouse, n. View full entry 1655
...Hence: Name of a charitable institution or ‘hospital’ founded in London, in 1611, upon the site of the Carthusian monastery, which has since become one of the great English public...
