Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sturdy, low shoe that laces over the instep.
- noun A cotton cloth of a tight basket weave, used primarily for shirts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.
- adjective See
Tractarianism . - adjective 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.
- adjective a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and usually covering the foot nearly to the ankle.
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- noun Alternative capitalization of
Oxford (cloth) - noun A
shoe of a particular sort.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a university in England
- noun a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner
- noun a low shoe laced over the instep
- noun a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Nothing says "grass-roots effort" like talk show hosts and people dressed in oxford shirts and north face fleece with the Code Red logo embroidered on it.
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i live in oxford and going down to london afterwards was the creepiest and coolest experience. especially the tube!
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Apart from tonight, as I just returned from clothes shopping in oxford street, so you'll bear with me. (
amuchmoreexotic: The gym near my work costs over £60 a mo amuchmoreexotic 2008
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Another favorite is the laced low shoe, known as the oxford, made for both men and women.
The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession Ned Wayburn
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Trinity Colledg is the ffinest, yet not so Large as Christ-church College in oxford.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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An alternative to the oxford is a nice, lightweight sweater.
Kansan.com stories < 2010
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For instance, try typing "oxford" into the address bar to go directly to the university's home page at www. ox.ac.uk.
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For instance, try typing "oxford" into the address bar to go directly to the university's home page at www. ox.ac.uk.
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Girls in dresses with matching striped tights and boys in corduroy pants and oxford shirts run ahead of their parents down to the basement where they attend Church School during the first half of worship.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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He was still wearing his blue oxford shirt from work but had left the tie and jacket somewhere.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
yarb commented on the word oxford
Obs. UK slang for a crown (five shillings).
"I thereupon entered the cat wagon, the lion's cage, for a formal dekko.
Truly a magnificent tawny specimen, his name was Charlie. The feller Bill Smythe told me that he had had him for a song (a cub worth a thousand quid for 'arf an Oxford!)..."
- G.V. Desani, All About H. Hatterr (1945), p. 76 of NYRB 2008 edition
December 31, 2008