big school

noun

secondary school.

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Meanings

nounbig school (countable and uncountable, plural big schools)

plural big schools

  1. UKchildishcountableuncountablesecondary school.

    "Big School is more fun than Primary School," said Flossie to her mother as they both sat at the kitchen table, eating their lunch together. "Isn't it, Mum?"

    1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat
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    She had only just started at big school, and she wasn’t used to getting into trouble. She had never done anything wrong at her little school, and even the thought of doing something wrong frightened her.

    2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Origin

So called because the bigger (older) children attend.

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