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matric Informal 
n. matriculation, that is, high-school graduation.
- 1945 He got his matric., sure, but so did the rest of us.
- 1955 "I spend my time working for a living, while you sit home and moon over Rosa Luxembourg, when you ought to be boning for that Matric supp you haven't written off."
- 1958 . . . the teachers' federation . . . calls for merely one year of training beyond "matric."
- 1945 He got his matric., sure, but so did the rest of us.