See drinking man's degree on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_text": "From the stereotype of a student who prefers to drink alcohol rather than study and attend lectures; rhymes with thinking man in terms like thinking man's crumpet.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "!" }, "expansion": "drinking man's degree (plural not attested)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "British English", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English humorous terms", "English informal terms", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English nouns", "English nouns with unattested plurals", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree." ], "links": [ [ "humorous", "humorous" ], [ "degree", "degree" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(UK, informal, humorous) A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree." ], "tags": [ "UK", "humorous", "informal", "no-plural" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "desmond" } ], "word": "drinking man's degree" }
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