The Public School Word-book / A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities

by John Stephen Farmer

1900. MS. Notes (Rev. A. Goodier, Stonyhurst). Præfects ... These are four in number.

Prep, subs. 1. (Dulwich).—Evening preparation. Cf. Banco, Toy-time, &c.

2. (Felsted).—A place of preparation.

1890. Felstedian, Feb., p. 2. Johnson ma happened to be in PREP in good time, so he managed to get in a moment’s conversation with Jones.

Preparatory, subs. (Stonyhurst).—The preparatory Form at Hodder: originally Abecedarii.

Pricking Æger. See Æger.

Private-business, subs. (Eton).—Extra work with the tutor.

Privee, subs. (Charterhouse).—A private conversation. See Boule.

Privs, subs. (Harrow).—Special privileges in the House: granted to either Sixth Form or Three-yearers (q.v.). These take different forms in different houses. To FIND (q.v.) and to TOLLY-UP are PRIVS: so is the right to wear a coat that is not regulation school dress after LOCK-UP (q.v.).

Pro, subs. (Oxford).—A proproctor, or second in command in the proctorial police. The two proctors appoint a certain number of proproctors each.