• Great-go

    Full definition of great-go

    Noun

    great-go

    (plural great-gos or great-goes)
    1. Alternative form of en
      • 1840, In Cap and Gown Chapter A (Very) Free Imitation of the First Eclogue of Vergil, So many of the men I know
        Were "flummox'd" at the last great-go;
      • 1856, The King of Brentford's Testament, At school they never flogg'd him,
        At college, though not fast,
        Yet his little-go and great-go
        He creditably pass'd,
        And made his year's allowance
        For eighteen months to last.
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