great gon.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪt ɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪt ˌɡoʊ/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., go n.¹

Etymology: < great adj. + go n.¹ Compare little go n.

1. A lottery run by the state. Cf. little go n. 1. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > lottery or raffle > [noun] > type of

Ragmana1393

lottery general1567

standing lottery1613

malt lottery1697

little go1795

great go1809

tombola1835

Tattersall1895

golden goal1968

1809 Parl. Reg. (3rd Session 4th Parl.) III. 384 If you go to the Little Goes, you shall be punished, but if you come to the Great Go, you shall be safe.

1816 Times 1 Nov. 2/2 If you are unsuccessful in the great go, this month, you must win in the little go next month.

1885 Baily's Mag. Sports & Pastimes Jan. 274 The Acts directed against private lotteries were for the purpose of affording protection to the ‘great goes’ of the state.

1908 K. Steuart Richard Kennoway & his Friends 218 All Liverpool was ringing with the approaching Great Go or Little Go, as the case might be, and in feverish anxiety innumerable gamblers were selecting their numbered tickets.

2. Oxford University and Cambridge University slang (now historical). The final examination for the degree of B.A. Cf. little go n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations

fellowship examination1787

collections1799

responsions1810

response1813

little go1816

great go1820

Previous Examination1824

school1826

smalls1836

senate-house examination1837

tripos1842

honours examination1851

biennial1853

great1854

moderations1857

Mods1858

professional1890

Trip1909

previous1950

1820 Gentleman's Mag. 90 i. 32 At present the examination [at the University of Oxford] is divided into a Little-go and a Great-go.

1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 137 An examination that would far exceed the perils of the great go.

1841 W. M. Thackeray K. of Brentford vii His little go and great go He creditably pass'd.

1876 ‘P. Pyper’ Mr. Gray & Neighbours I. 74 Young Mr. Applebee had managed to pass his ‘great go’ at Oxford, just about the time the living fell vacant.

1903 J. B. Atlay Sir Henry Wentworth Acland 73 He..now concentrated all his energies on the final examination for his degree—the ‘Great Go’ of those days.

2010 W. C. Lubenow Liberal Intellectuals & Public Culture in Mod. Brit. ii. 32 At Oxford, before 1850, undergraduates had to pass..the Public Examination (the Great Go), consisting of elements of religion and Literae Humaniores.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	great go
释义	great gon. Brit. /ˈɡreɪt ɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪt ˌɡoʊ/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., go n.¹ Etymology: < great adj. + go n.¹ Compare little go n. 1. A lottery run by the state. Cf. little go n. 1. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > lottery or raffle > [noun] > type of Ragmana1393 lottery general1567 standing lottery1613 malt lottery1697 little go1795 great go1809 tombola1835 Tattersall1895 golden goal1968 1809 Parl. Reg. (3rd Session 4th Parl.) III. 384 If you go to the Little Goes, you shall be punished, but if you come to the Great Go, you shall be safe. 1816 Times 1 Nov. 2/2 If you are unsuccessful in the great go, this month, you must win in the little go next month. 1885 Baily's Mag. Sports & Pastimes Jan. 274 The Acts directed against private lotteries were for the purpose of affording protection to the ‘great goes’ of the state. 1908 K. Steuart Richard Kennoway & his Friends 218 All Liverpool was ringing with the approaching Great Go or Little Go, as the case might be, and in feverish anxiety innumerable gamblers were selecting their numbered tickets. 2. Oxford University and Cambridge University slang (now historical). The final examination for the degree of B.A. Cf. little go n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations fellowship examination1787 collections1799 responsions1810 response1813 little go1816 great go1820 Previous Examination1824 school1826 smalls1836 senate-house examination1837 tripos1842 honours examination1851 biennial1853 great1854 moderations1857 Mods1858 professional1890 Trip1909 previous1950 1820 Gentleman's Mag. 90 i. 32 At present the examination [at the University of Oxford] is divided into a Little-go and a Great-go. 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 137 An examination that would far exceed the perils of the great go. 1841 W. M. Thackeray K. of Brentford vii His little go and great go He creditably pass'd. 1876 ‘P. Pyper’ Mr. Gray & Neighbours I. 74 Young Mr. Applebee had managed to pass his ‘great go’ at Oxford, just about the time the living fell vacant. 1903 J. B. Atlay Sir Henry Wentworth Acland 73 He..now concentrated all his energies on the final examination for his degree—the ‘Great Go’ of those days. 2010 W. C. Lubenow Liberal Intellectuals & Public Culture in Mod. Brit. ii. 32 At Oxford, before 1850, undergraduates had to pass..the Public Examination (the Great Go), consisting of elements of religion and Literae Humaniores. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1809
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