little-go

See also: little go

English

Etymology

From little + go.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪtəlɡəʊ/

Noun

little-go (plural little-goes)

  1. (historical) A private lottery, especially when illegal.
  2. (historical, colloquial, Britain) The first exam taken at university towards a BA degree, discontinued during the twentieth century.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 801:
      the interrogators were able to recognize this as, “There was a question just like that on my little-go.”
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