Loxbridge
(British) The University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and various universities in London collectively, in contrast to redbrick universities.
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(British) The University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and various universities in London collectively, in contrast to redbrick universities.
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- Doxbridge76%
(rare, British) The universities of Oxford, the Cambridge and Durham collectively.
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(British) Any traditional British university other than Oxford or Cambridge, especially one founded in the Victorian age in a large city.
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(UK, colloquial) Resembling or characteristic of the English city of Oxford.
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(UK, historical) A lodging outside the college bounds at Oxford or Cambridge.