zamination

English

Alternative forms

• 'zamination

Noun

zamination (plural zaminations)

1. (slang, dated) Clipping of examination.
   • 1939, Grace Livingston Hill, Patricia, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published 1973, page 10:

     I hate her! She copies her zaminations off other girls' papers too. Betty Brower told me.

   • 2013, Hugh Gilmore, Last Night on the Gorilla Tour: A Novel, Philadelphia, P.A.: SoundStars Press, →ISBN, page 76:

     "Now you're the one squiggling. Cut it out. Doc Linder here needs to do his 'zamination. Hold still. I see somethin'. Okay, I was right—a big old worm's crawling on your neck." She giggled again and pulled away a little, slightly flushed. "It tickles," she said.