oxford : Idioms & Phrases

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oxford english

  • noun the dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious
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oxford english dictionary

  • noun an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
    OED; O.E.D..
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oxford gray

  • noun a very dark grey color
    charcoal grey; charcoal; charcoal gray; oxford gray.
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oxford grey

  • noun a very dark grey color
    charcoal grey; charcoal; charcoal gray; oxford gray.
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Oxford movement

  • noun 19th-century movement in the Church of England opposing liberal tendencies
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  • . See Tractarianism.
Webster 1913

Oxford School

  • a name given to those members of the Church of England who adopted the theology of the so-called Oxford "Tracts for the Times," issued the period 1833 1841. Shipley.
Webster 1913

Oxford tie

  • a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and usually covering the foot nearly to the ankle.
Webster 1913

oxford university

  • noun a university in England
    Oxford.
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oxford-gray

  • adjective satellite of a dark shade of grey
    oxford-gray; dark-gray; dark-grey.
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oxford-grey

  • adjective satellite of a dark shade of grey
    oxford-gray; dark-gray; dark-grey.
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saddle oxford

  • noun an oxford with a saddle of contrasting color
    saddle shoe.
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