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Matric, n.|məˈtrɪk|
Also matric.
Colloq. shortening of matriculation.
1885Punch 16 Mar. 233/2 Younger brother comes to-day from Harrow for Matric. 1936Auden & Isherwood Ascent of F6 (1937) I. i. 18 The Crowthers' pimply son has passed Matric. 1937A. S. Neill That Dreadful School ii. 38 My staff and I have a hearty hatred of all examinations, and to us the Matric. is anathema. But we cannot refuse to teach children their Matric. subjects. 1948[see , inter]. 1965W. Soyinka Road 83 To have served in Burma was to have passed your London Matric. 1967D. P. Carew Many Years, Many Girls vii. 135 Sixth formers took the School Leaving Certificate... Matric could be achieved on this same exam. 1971Sunday Express (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. (Home Jrnl.) 14/2 My daughter is writing Matric this year. 1971R. Russell tr. Ahmad's Shore & Wave iv. 31 Their parents were only concerned with seeing that somehow or other they passed their matric. 1971Southerly XXXI. 100 Not to mention the Matric next term. 1972Nature 1 Dec. 267/2 He got a first in the London Matric, and became a ‘temporary laboratory assistant’ at Bradford Technical College. |