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The 'loop' on the back of a boys/mans 'Oxford' type shirt. Lord knows what it's purpose was but it was fun ripping them off the victims backs!
The seemingly pointless 'loop' on the back of a boys/mans 'Oxford' type shirt. Many a child was caught pulling these loops off unsuspecting victims.
five shillings (5/-), also called a crown, from cockney rhyming slang oxford scholar
Rent. I can't afford to pay the Duke of Kent this week
A Ford automobile
Cheap and tatty looking. A corruption of OXFAM, Oxford charity shop and the second-hand clothes therein.
Oxford bag is London Cockney rhyming slang for cigarette (fag).
Found On Road Dead, Fixed Or Repaired Daily, F***ed Over Rebuilt Dodge
money ‘I can’t afford it, 1 haven’t got a brass razoo.’
Noun. A Ford car. The Ford car manufacturer have a major engine plant at Dagenham, East London. Derog.
Dollar (Five Shillings)
The opposing force in an exercise, war game or in real life.
A 1932 Ford (hot-rodders)
Ticket. I want to go to New York, but I can't afford the wilsons.
Dollar. Stupid horse cost me an Oxford. Pre-war the dollar was worth just less than 5 shillings, so an Oxford is worth 5 shillings or a crown
Oxford Scholar is London Cockney rhyming slang for collar. Oxford Scholar is London Cockney rhyming slang for dollar.
Job. e can't afford it - 'e ain't got a corn
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n.
A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge.
a.
Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.
imp. & p. p.
of Afford
v. t.
To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity.
n.
A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Afford
n.
A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
n.
The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.
a.
Of or relating to the city or the university of Oxford, England.
n.
A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford.
n.
The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.
n.
A student or graduate of Oxford University, in England.
n.
A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.
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A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard.
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A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
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A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster.
v. i.
To afford suitable sustenance.
v. t.
To supply; to afford.
v. t.
To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.
n.
At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian.
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