Leaving Cert

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Noun

Leaving Cert (plural Leaving Certs)

1. (Ireland, slang) Clipping of Leaving Certificate.
2. (Ireland, slang) A student in their 6th year of secondary school.
   • 2013 June 6, Martina Evans, Midnight Feast, Bloom Books, →ISBN:

     As we passed some of the Leaving Certs clustered heavily on the middle corridor, their arms wrapped around their books and Norma Bolton said, 'who's wearing the flyspray?' 'Don't take any notice,' Colette said. 'They're only jealous.