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Double first   /dˈəbəl fərst/   Listen
noun
Double first  n.  (Eng. Universities)
(a)
A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics.
(b)
One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics.






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"Double first" Quotes from Famous Books



... where only manhood counts, and he had "made good." In the literary, in the gym, on the campus he had made and held high place, and on the class lists, in spite of his many distractions, he had ranked a double first. Best of all, it filled him with warm gratitude to remember that none of his fellows had grudged him any of his good things. What a decent lot they were! It humbled him to think of their pride in him. He would ...
— The Doctor - A Tale Of The Rockies • Ralph Connor

... beg permission to wear the Sheriffian Order of the Diamond-eyed Pig of the Second Class. The Sun-Star of the Emerald Life-sized White Elephant of the Double First-Class has already been accepted by Herr VON POPOFF, as that gentleman, being a foreign subject, has no need to desire official authorisation to use his recently-acquired ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, August 20, 1892 • Various

... it in the Times," retorted Esther. "You took a double first and the prize for poetry and a heap of other things, but I noticed the prize for poetry, because it is so rare to find ...
— Children of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill

... rather apprehensive on that point," said the old gentleman, "but mark the event. At the examination he came off most brilliantly in Latin, Greek, mathematics, and other things too; in fact, a double first-class man, as I think they ...
— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow



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