1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, iii. A tutor, don’t you see, old boy? He’s coaching me, and some other men, for the LITTLE-GO.
1853. Bradley, Verdant Green, vii. “Oh,” said Mr. Charles Larkyns, “they give you no end of trouble at these places; and they require the vaccination certificate before you go in for your responsions—the LITTLE-GO, you know.”
Little Man, subs. (Eton).—See quot., and Appendix.
1866-72. Sketchy Memoirs of Eton, p. 16. He called the footman (or LITTLE MAN ...) and bade him reach down the obnoxious placard.
Little Refectory, subs. (Stonyhurst: obsolete).—A room in the old College, sometimes used as a refectory for smaller boys.
Little-side, subs. (Rugby).—A term applied to all games organised between houses only. See Big-side.
1856. Hughes, Tom Brown’s School-days, vii. In all the games too he joined with all his heart, and soon became well versed in all the mysteries of football, by continual practice at the School-house LITTLE-SIDE, which played daily.
Lob, subs. (Winchester).—A “yorker”; never, as in ordinary cricket phraseology, an underhand delivery.
Lobster, intj. (general).—A signal of a master’s approach.
Verb (Winchester).—To cry. [Lowster or louster (South) = to make a clumsy rattling noise.]