Oxford accent
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He’s the one with the Oxford accent and amusing tales who hands around the port and cigars while he plots the hero’s demise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
A book published that year, War Propaganda and U.S., noted: "To many upper-class Americans there was nothing so thrilling as having an Englishman around the house, complete with Oxford accent, school tie, and bumbershoot."
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2011
He has acquired an Oxford accent, learned better how to manage a voice that is strong, smooth, mellow.
From Time Magazine Archive
He speaks "German with a Rhineland accent, French with an English accent and English with an Oxford accent," says his father.
From Time Magazine Archive
A scholarly looking Chinese gentleman saw their plight and spoke to Zircon in faultless English with a distinct Oxford accent.
From The Caves of Fear by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
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