Leaving Cert

noun

A student in their 6th year of secondary school.

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Meanings

nounLeaving Cert (plural Leaving Certs)

plural Leaving Certs

  1. IrelandabbreviationclippingslangClipping of Leaving Certificate.
  2. IrelandslangA student in their 6th year of secondary school.

    As we passed some of the Leaving Certs clustered heavily on the middle corridor, their arms wrapped around their books and Norma Bolton said, 'who's wearing the flyspray?' 'Don't take any notice,' Colette said. 'They're only jealous.

    2013 June 6, Martina Evans, Midnight Feast, Bloom Books, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Leaving Cert

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Cite this entry
APA

Leaving Cert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leaving%20Cert

MLA

“Leaving Cert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leaving%20Cert. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Leaving Cert,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leaving%20Cert.

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