Oxbridge
Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, especially in contrast with the redbrick universities of England.
upper-class intellectual life in England, as felt to be under the influence of Oxford and Cambridge universities: a bitter attack on Oxbridge by the younger writers.
of, relating to, or characteristic of Oxford and Cambridge, or of upper-class, intellectual traditions or manners associated with these universities: a career formerly open only to Oxbridge graduates; to voice the proper Oxbridge sentiments.
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How to use Oxbridge in a sentence
Oxbridge friend declines my invitation to "dine in Hall," and disappears.
And, without removing his hobnails, or his corduroys, he sprang lightly into the Oxbridge racing-boat.
She found two unmistakable bills from Oxbridge beside her plate, and her father was "horrid" at breakfast.
Marriage | H. G. WellsThe middle part of this evaded triad was now being taken up in Marjorie's case by the Oxbridge tradespeople.
Marriage | H. G. WellsMarjorie received the news of her severance from-182- Oxbridge, Mrs. Pope thought, with a certain hardness.
Marriage | H. G. Wells
British Dictionary definitions for Oxbridge
/ (ˈɒksˌbrɪdʒ) /
the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge, esp considered as ancient and prestigious academic institutions, bastions of privilege and superiority, etc
(as modifier): Oxbridge graduates
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