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mortarboard

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mortarboard, fat board, spot board
A board, usually set on legs to form a table, used to mix lime putty and gauging plaster.
mortarboard
closefitting cap with flat square piece and tassel; part of academic costume. [Am. and Br. Culture: Misc.]
See : Education
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When I get my degree, I will probably put on my mortarboard and gown and throw a party for me, and me alone, in my flat.
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When I get my degree, I will probably put on my mortarboard and gown and throw a party for me, and me alone, in my flat.
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YOUNGSTERS got a glimpse of the future when they donned mortarboards to celebrate their nursery graduation.
Pupils' first class degree by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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