Doxbridge

English

Etymology

Blend of Durham +‎ Oxbridge.

Proper noun

Doxbridge

  1. (rare, Britain) The universities of Oxford, the Cambridge and Durham collectively.
    • 2012 February 19, Iain Hollingshead, “How middle-class are you? Take this quiz”, in The Daily Telegraph‎:
      Which university did you go to? ... Doxbridge – well, Durham, if you must know
  2. An annual five-day sports tournament held in March in Dublin involving colleges of the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, the University of Durham and the University of York.

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