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  1. noun A sturdy, low shoe that laces over the instep.
  2. noun A cotton cloth of a tight basket weave, used primarily for shirts.

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  • The pink oxford-cloth shirt increased the color of his face. —  Mr. Sammler's Planet
  • He was wearing a blue, button-down oxford, a gray and black tweed sport coat, a pair of jeans, and brown Timberland boots. —  ActOfTreason
  • Kurtz looked down at his blue oxford-cloth shirt—his only shirt. —  Dan Simmons - Hardcase
  • He rocked back on his heels, looking like some slender pale gargoyle toppled from a modemist cathedral, the cuffs of his white oxford-cloth shirt rolled up to show large bony wrists and surprisingly strong square hands, his bow tie unraveled and hanging rakishly around his neck. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 02 - August 1994
  • By eight thirty, Mike was standing in my doorway, looking more together than he had last evening, now dressed in a navy blazer, pink oxford-cloth shirt, and neatly creased chinos. —  Death Dance - Fairstein
 

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