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Douglas Hurd

/ ˌdʌɡləs ˈhɜːd /

noun

  1. informal.
    a third-class university degree Often shortened toDouglas
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Douglas Hurd1

C20: from rhyming slang, after Douglas Hurd (born 1930), British Conservative politician

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