junior-higher

plural junior-highers

1. alternativeAlternative form of junior higher.

   Because of the curfew, the junior-highers will have to leave at 9:45.

   1945 December 14, “Party Attire Must Include Bright Socks”, in The Evening Tribune, volume XLVII, number 294, Albert Lea, Minn., →OCLC, page 3, column 1

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   The high jump was held. Max Gossard won first place for the sophomores and Paul Amos, a sophomore[,] and Charles Jackson[,] a junior-higher[,] tied for second place.

   1931 March 28, “Kempton School Notes”, in The Tipton Daily Tribune, volume XXXVI, number 151, Tipton, Ind., →OCLC, page 4, column 6

   I feel like this play is more for our age group. It’s probably the first one we’ve done that’s for high-schoolers or junior-highers. All the others have been us playing older characters or younger characters.

   2023 February 10, Dawn Hatfield, quoting Jack Gathard, “GMS to present Disney’s High School Musical JR.©”, in The Daily Advocate, volume 145, number 24, Greenville, Oh.: AIM Media Midwest, →OCLC, page 12, column 2