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nounA lower second class honours or 2.2 degree.
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From the stereotype of a student who prefers to drink alcohol rather than study and attend lectures; rhymes with thinking man in terms like thinking man's crumpet.
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drinking man's degree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20man's%20degree
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“drinking man's degree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20man's%20degree. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drinking man's degree,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20man's%20degree.
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