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Definition of Oxfords

1. oxford [n] - See also: oxford

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxfords

Literary usage of Oxfords

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sheep Farming in America by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1905)
"oxfords. The Oxford is in appearance a large Shropshire, with a coarser and more open fleece, a larger bone, usually a darker face and coarser ear. ..."

2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"The 1st, the earl of Salisbury and young Mr. Hambden supped at the earl of oxfords, ... oxfords ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"... 1634: That the writer was a Cambridge man is shown by the following passage :— “At last in comes a Doctor of Divinity, Dr. OxfordS and after him Dr. ..."

4. Sheep Farming in America by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1912)
"oxfords. The Oxford is in appearance a large Shropshire, with a coarser and more open fleece, a larger bone, usually a darker face and coarser ear. ..."

5. Sheep Farming in America by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1909)
"oxfords. The Oxford is in appearance a large Shropshire, with a coarser and more open fleece, a larger bone, usually a darker face and coarser ear. ..."

6. Agriculture by William Penn Brooks (1911)
"... or oxfords — This is the largest of the Down breeds. It takes its name from the county in England where it is said to have been formed by crossing ..."

7. Report of the Commissioners [and Appendices A to S] by Ontario Agricultural Commission, 1880 (1881)
"Mr. Snell does not think the oxfords are superior to the Leicesters, ... Mr. Rawlings, of Forest, says of the oxfords:— ..."

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