Oxo cube

English

Etymology

Rhyming slang for Tube. Oxo is a brand of stock cubes.

Proper noun

the Oxo cube

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) The London Underground rail network.
   • 1981, Peter Wright, Cockney Dialect and Slang, page 74:

     For instance, on the oxo cube 'tube' the weasler or porter has changed into the less descriptive stationman […]

   • 1993, Verbatim, volumes 20-21, page 21:

     On the Oxo Cube to London

Related terms

• up the Oxo Tower