Oxbridge

//ˈɒks.bɹɪd͡ʒ//

"Oxbridge" in a Sentence (5 examples)

On the previous night he had taken the manuscript out of a long neglected chest, containing old shooting jackets, old Oxbridge scribbling books, his old surplice, and battered cap and gown, and other memorials of youth, school, and home.

"Of course she is clever," said Mrs. Pope. "Or we shouldn't have sent her to Oxbridge. There she's doing quite well—quite well. Everyone says so. I don't know, of course, if Mr. Magnet will let her finish there."

In another, he says: “Why has the BBC allowed the format of this programme to treat all other universities in the UK apart from Oxbridge as second class?”

The applicants are mostly Oxbridge, so you'd better watch out.

We ate a formal dinner at high table after the service. It all felt very Oxbridge.

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