double first

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English

Noun

double first (plural double firsts)

(UK) A first-class degree in both classics and mathematics.
(UK) One who achieves such a degree.
- 1880, [Benjamin Disraeli], Endymion , volumes (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

References

“double first”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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