double first

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English

Noun

double first (plural double firsts)

  1. (UK, Ireland) A first-class degree in both classics and mathematics.
  2. (UK, Ireland) One who achieves such a degree.
    • 1880, [Benjamin Disraeli], Endymion , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
      Chess-playing requires complete abstraction, and Nigel, though he was a double-first, occasionally lost a game from a lapse in that condensed attention that secures triumph

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