Doxbridge

English

Etymology

Blend of Durham +‎ Oxbridge.

Proper noun

Doxbridge

1. (rare, British) 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^[1]:

     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.

See also

• Camford
• Loxbridge
• Oxbridge