Meaning of Oxbridge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge collectively.
   UK
2. A hamlet in Netherbury parish, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4797).
   UK, informal, predicative, usually
3. A suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4318).
   UK, informal, predicative, usually

Examples

“On the previous night he had taken the manuscript out of a long neglected chest, containing old shooting jackets, old Oxbridge scribbling books, his old surplice, and battered cap and gown, and other memorials of youth, school, and home.”

“"Of course she is clever," said Mrs. Pope. "Or we shouldn't have sent her to Oxbridge. There she's doing quite well—quite well. Everyone says so. I don't know, of course, if Mr. Magnet will let her finish there."”

“In another, he says: “Why has the BBC allowed the format of this programme to treat all other universities in the UK apart from Oxbridge as second class?””

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