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little goes

little goes is the plural of little go.

Meaning of little go

Noun

little go (plural little gos or little goes)

  1. (historical) A type of illegal private lottery.
  2. (UK, historical, university slang) The first examination for a BA degree at Oxford or Cambridge universities; responsions.
    • He gave a reluctant couple of hours in the afternoon to the mysteries of Little-go Greek, and for the rest of his time he was either working at mathematics and mathematical physics or experimenting in a little upstairs room that had been carved out of the general space of the barn.1916, HG Wells, Mr Britling Sees it Through, London: Hogarth Press, published 1985, page 209
  3. (slang) Any minor or preliminary activity.

Questions about little goes

What is little goes the plural of?
Little goes is the plural of little go.

Words near little goes in the dictionary

  1. little girls
  2. little girls room
  3. little girls' room
  4. little girls' rooms
  5. little go
  6. little goes
  7. little gos
  8. Little Grass Valley
  9. little grebe
  10. little grebes
  11. little green bee-eater

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