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matric
matric
See also: mãtric
English
Noun
matric (plural matrics)
- (South Africa) The final year of high school. [from 20th c.]
- (South Africa) Someone in their final year of high school. [from 20th c.]
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 37:
- Once, when some money disappeared […], it was Ben who took the cleaner under his wing and instituted inquiries which revealed a group of matric boys to be the culprits.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 37: