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Oxfordish

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English

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Etymology

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From Oxford +‎ -ish.

Adjective

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Oxfordish (comparative more Oxfordish, superlative most Oxfordish)

  1. (UK, colloquial) Resembling or characteristic of the English city of Oxford.

Proper noun

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Oxfordish

  1. (UK, colloquial, dated) The slang spoken at the University of Oxford.
    • 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash:
      " […] Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last Long."
      "Last Long?"
      "Hem! last protracted vacation."
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