English

Noun

little-go ‎(plural little-goes)

1. (historical) A private lottery, especially when illegal.
2. (historical, colloquial, Britain) The first exam taken at university towards a BA degree, discontinued during the twentieth century.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 801:

     the interrogators were able to recognize this as, “There was a question just like that on my little-go.”