1891. Wrench, Winchester Word-Book, s.v. Books-chambers. Hours of preparation in College: in the evening called Toy-time.
To get (or MAKE) BOOKS.—To get the first place, or to make the highest score at anything. Cf. Books, sense 1.
Bookwork, subs. (University).—Mathematics that can be learned verbatim from books—anything not a problem.
Boots-and-Leathers, intj. (Winchester).—See Peal.
Bostruchyzer, subs. (Oxford: obsolete).—A small comb for curling the whiskers.—Hotten.
Botany-bay, subs. (University).—(1) Worcester College, Oxford; and (2) part of Trinity College, Dublin. [On account of their remote situations.]
1841. Lever, Charles O’Malley, xx. note. Botany Bay was the slang name given by college men to a new square rather remotely situated from the remainder of the college [i.e. Trinity, Dublin].
1853. Rev. E. Bradley (“Cuthbert Bede”), Adventures of Verdant Green, i. p. 63. Botany-bay, a name given to Worcester College, from its being the most distant college.
1886. Graves, Way about Oxfordshire, 19. At the end is Worcester College (1714), from its remote position dubbed ... BOTANY-BAY, but called by those who wish to speak endearingly of it “Wuggins.”
1900. Athenæum, 17th Feb., 208. Botany-bay is often found as strangely misapplied as the “Paradise” of so many rows. For instance, the “Quad” of Trinity College, Dublin, which has been so called for generations, can hardly have ever been remarkable for its flora. The probable explanation is that its buildings were old and uncomfortable, and it was the favourite abode of the youngest and noisiest members of the University.