Bedders, Bulldogs and Bedells

This is a new edition of Dr Stubbing's Bedders, Bulldogs and Bedells: A Cambridge ABC, first published by the author in 1991. It has now been revised, enlarged by a number of new entries, and adorned with a selection of illustrations. Like the first edition, the book aims to explain the many special words and usages current in the Cambridge academic milieu. What are bedders, bulldogs, bedells? What is a tripos? What is a gyp-room? What (in the past) was a ten-year man? And, what was the Wooden Spoon? After nearly four score years of life in Cambridge, the author does not claim to give, or know, all the answers; but puzzled visitors, new undergraduates, even dons, may find here first aid and refreshment.