matchbook college

matchbook college n. a (real or figurative) school of higher learning with low academic standards. Also matchbook university. Etymological Note: From the supposed tendency of such a school to advertise on matchbook covers. Sometimes capitalized as if it were a proper noun. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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