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Once studied names in school?

conned possibly?
NN in CO-ED (school)?

thanks chrise - but cannot see why lol x

That's what I thought, chrise. What a lousy clue.

I agree, aristo. "con" is sometimes used for "study", but I don't think "conned" means "studied"!

And coed isn't a school.

Actually it is in England, aristo - we find the usage for "female student" in the US somewhat strange!

We use the term "coed school", but wouldn't say "a coed" for that type of school. I thought that the clue should point to the term as a qualifier, by saying (say) type of school. Do you mean you would say something like "My son goes to a coed"- using it as a noun? I do agree that the use of coed as female student is stupid.

Yes, "my son goes to a coed" might well be used. I would consider it sloppy, but I have heard it, or similar.

Ah. I've never heard it used as a noun in that way. Would you say he goes to a private, or a public, without school after it?