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• Oxford

  [oks-ferd] /ˈɒks fərd/ noun 1. Also called Oxford shoe, Oxford tie. a low shoe laced over the instep. 2. Also called oxford cloth. a cotton or synthetic fabric, in plain, twill, or basket weave, constructed on a pattern of two fine yarns woven as one warpwise and one loosely twisted yarn weftwise, for shirts, skirts, […]

• Oxford accent

  noun 1. the accent associated with Oxford English

• Oxford and cambridge universities

  The famed “ancient universities” of England, dating back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Oxford and Cambridge have long held a commanding position in English education, and their graduates have often gained eminence in public life. Note: The names of these two universities are sometimes merged into “Oxbridge.”

• Oxford bags

  plural noun 1. trousers with very wide baggy legs, originally popular in the 1920s Often shortened to bags

• Oxford comma

  noun 1. a comma between the final items in a list, often preceding the word `and’ or `or’, such as the final comma in the list newspapers, magazines, and books noun See serial comma

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