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double firsts

double firsts is the plural of double first.

Meaning of double first

Noun

double first (plural double firsts)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A first-class degree in both classics and mathematics.
  2. (Ireland, UK) One who achieves such a degree.
    • Chess-playing requires complete abstraction, and Nigel, though he was a double-first, occasionally lost a game from a lapse in that condensed attention that secures triumph1880, [Benjamin Disraeli], Endymion […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC

Questions about double firsts

What is double firsts the plural of?
Double firsts is the plural of double first.

Words near double firsts in the dictionary

  1. double file
  2. double files
  3. double first
  4. double first cousin
  5. double first cousins
  6. double firsts
  7. double fisherman's knot
  8. double flash
  9. double flashes
  10. double flat
  11. double flats

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