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Oxford

/ˈɑksfɚd/ noun C1
  1. A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A type of basket weave cotton fabric used for clothing. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A dictionary published by Oxford University Press, especially the Oxford English Dictionary. (countable, uncountable)

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It is not the object of this work to give a description of Derbyshire, nor of any of the remarkable places through which their route thither lay--Oxford, Blenheim, Warwick, Kenilworth, Birmingham, etc., are sufficiently known.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 271 · B2
Mortimer and Baskerville were still visible about two hundred yards ahead of us in the direction of Oxford Street.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 44 · C1
Then, still keeping a hundred yards behind, we followed into Oxford Street and so down Regent Street.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 44 · C1
If you seriously desire to deceive me you must change your tobacconist; for when I see the stub of a cigarette marked Bradley, Oxford Street, I know that my friend Watson is in the neighbourhood.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 158 · C1

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