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Oxonian   Listen
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Oxonian  n.  A student or graduate of Oxford University, in England.






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"Oxonian" Quotes from Famous Books



... absolutely told George of this debt, or complained of his not being repaid the advances which he had made; but little hints dropped from him, which were sometimes understood for more than they were worth, and which made the young Oxonian feel that he would rather not be quite so much in his uncle's hands. The old man gave him to understand that he must not look on himself as an heir to wealth, or imagine that another lot was his than that ordinary to mortals—the necessity, namely, ...
— The Bertrams • Anthony Trollope

... Oxonian I had seen at breakfast,' writes Willis, 'he (Lord Ramsay) was transformed into a figure something rougher than his Highland dependant, in a woollen shooting-jacket, pockets of any number and capacity, trousers of the coarsest plaid, hobnailed shoes and ...
— Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century • George Paston



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