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Oxford Blues

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The Royal Horse Guards were so called in 1690, because of their blue facings.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Owl-light
Owl in an Ivy Bush (Like an)
Owl was a Baker’s Daughter (The)
Owlery
Owlglass (German, Eulenspiegel)
Ox
Ox-eye
Ox of the Deluge
Oxford
Oxford Blues
Oxford Boat Crew
Oxford Movement
Oxford Stroke (in rowing)
Oxgang
Oyer and Terminer (Courts of)
Oyster
Oyster
Oyster Part (An)
Oyster and Huitre (French)
Oysters
P