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[oks-ferd] / ˈɒks fərd /


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Products arriving earlier than normal are so-called core items, such as oxford shirts, polo tops and sweaters, rather than seasonal items, CFO Picicci said.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 7, 2025

Genevieve White Carter and Cy Carter, married interior designers who live in St. James, New York, designed a home Venice, California, where they color-matched a Murphy bed’s unit to a pink oxford shirt.

From Seattle Times Nov. 30, 2022

Wearing a snap-brim straw hat, dark glasses, and an unconstructed jacket; a beige, un-pressed dress shirt; jeans; and nondescript oxford shoes, Dean was obviously not into fashion.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2021

Johnson sported an airy patterned green top and shorts with slingback oxford shoes, a tote bag, snapback and oversized sunglasses.

From Fox News Jul. 25, 2021

Remember the young woman with the dangling wooden leg and the single oxford?

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

The looks are familiar — gold-button blazers, oxfords and rugbys — but with the edge of New York City peacocking.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2024

A silk scarf swaddles her cotton white hair as she sports a random T-shirt layered with one of my late grandfather’s button-up oxfords, loosely fitting khakis and mud-caked Crocs.

From Washington Post May 3, 2022

The cheerleader dressed as a pillar of moral rectitude: colorful hair bows, an ankle-length skirt, and saddle oxfords.

From Slate Dec. 22, 2017

She wore a bright kelly green coat, a white blouse, low-heeled oxfords, and a red skirt, which she took off to wrap around the baby.

From The Guardian May 4, 2017

I offer to let Mami sell my brown oxfords and old-fashioned jumpers I don’t like.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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