sec-modn.
/sɛkmɒd/ colloquial.
= secondary modern at secondary adj. 5g.
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society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > secondary school
high schoolc1417
academyc1550
real school1765
central school1794
secondary school1809
real scholar1822
lyceum1827
Realschule1833
gymnasium1834
continuation-school1837
college1841
lycée1865
middle school1870
high1871
senior school1871
senior high1909
secondary modern school1943
comprehensive1947
secondary1962
community college1967
multilateral1967
sec-mod1968
1968 Listener 28 Mar. 421/2 The wretched life-style on offer to most sec-mod school-leavers.
1973 Times 31 May 10/7 Black and white kids, in their sec-mod school uniform.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1968