Oxfamn.

Brit.

/ˈɒksfam/, U.S.

/ˈɑksˌfæm/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Oxford , famine n.

Etymology: < Ox- (in Oxford: see Oxford n.) + fam- (in famine n.).

1. A voluntary organization whose aim is the relief of poverty and suffering around the world by means of long-term development aid, emergency relief, and campaigning.The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief held its first meeting in 1942, and was registered as a charity in 1943. The organization gradually became known by its telegraphic address, Oxfam, and formally adopted this name in 1965. Other organizations were subsequently formed under the same name in other countries.

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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > a charity > specific

mite society1822

froth-blower1905

S.C.F.1921

Oxfam1947

1947 Oxf. Times 2 May 4/3 (advt.) Wrapped parcels marked ‘Oxfam’ and stating name and address of senders may be left..at 3, Magdalen St. any day.

1960 Times 28 Dec. 1/3 (advt.) ‘250,000 people actually starving’..—Oxfam immediately sent £5,000.

1968 Listener 8 Aug. 162/1 A grim, obsessed Oxfam worker, struggling to get a few scraps and leavings to millions of starving children.

2001 N.Y. Times 12 July b2/2 Ms. Mirren..was lobbying on behalf of Oxfam for international laws to curtail illegal gun sales in a conference at the United Nations this week.

2. British. Any of a chain of shops operated by Oxfam at which donated second-hand goods (esp. clothes) and a variety of new items are sold in aid of the charity; more fully Oxfam shop. Also used allusively, esp. to denote clothes of a type popularly associated with these shops, sometimes characterized (with negative connotations) as being scruffy or drab.

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1951 Times 12 Dec. 3/6 (advt.) Please let us have your gifts..by registered post to Oxfam Gift Shop (T), 17, Broad Street, Oxford.

1975 J. Blackburn Mister Brown's Bodies i. 10 Those disgusting pictures of famine victims you see in the Oxfam shops.

1988 J. Mortimer Summer's Lease 85 Some were dressed..in long Oxfam overcoats and black Homburg hats.

1993 F. Cooper I believe in Angels 57 She even managed to giggle at herself, knotting an Oxfam scarf over her worn denim jacket, tucking a ripped shirt into ripped denims.

2000 Nova Nov. 34/1 Realising your woven leather clutch—picked up in Oxfam two years ago—is a deadringer for this season's signature Bottega bag.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oxfam
释义	Oxfamn. Brit. /ˈɒksfam/, U.S. /ˈɑksˌfæm/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Oxford , famine n. Etymology: < Ox- (in Oxford: see Oxford n.) + fam- (in famine n.). 1. A voluntary organization whose aim is the relief of poverty and suffering around the world by means of long-term development aid, emergency relief, and campaigning.The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief held its first meeting in 1942, and was registered as a charity in 1943. The organization gradually became known by its telegraphic address, Oxfam, and formally adopted this name in 1965. Other organizations were subsequently formed under the same name in other countries. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > a charity > specific mite society1822 froth-blower1905 S.C.F.1921 Oxfam1947 1947 Oxf. Times 2 May 4/3 (advt.) Wrapped parcels marked ‘Oxfam’ and stating name and address of senders may be left..at 3, Magdalen St. any day. 1960 Times 28 Dec. 1/3 (advt.) ‘250,000 people actually starving’..—Oxfam immediately sent £5,000. 1968 Listener 8 Aug. 162/1 A grim, obsessed Oxfam worker, struggling to get a few scraps and leavings to millions of starving children. 2001 N.Y. Times 12 July b2/2 Ms. Mirren..was lobbying on behalf of Oxfam for international laws to curtail illegal gun sales in a conference at the United Nations this week. 2. British. Any of a chain of shops operated by Oxfam at which donated second-hand goods (esp. clothes) and a variety of new items are sold in aid of the charity; more fully Oxfam shop. Also used allusively, esp. to denote clothes of a type popularly associated with these shops, sometimes characterized (with negative connotations) as being scruffy or drab. ΚΠ 1951 Times 12 Dec. 3/6 (advt.) Please let us have your gifts..by registered post to Oxfam Gift Shop (T), 17, Broad Street, Oxford. 1975 J. Blackburn Mister Brown's Bodies i. 10 Those disgusting pictures of famine victims you see in the Oxfam shops. 1988 J. Mortimer Summer's Lease 85 Some were dressed..in long Oxfam overcoats and black Homburg hats. 1993 F. Cooper I believe in Angels 57 She even managed to giggle at herself, knotting an Oxfam scarf over her worn denim jacket, tucking a ripped shirt into ripped denims. 2000 Nova Nov. 34/1 Realising your woven leather clutch—picked up in Oxfam two years ago—is a deadringer for this season's signature Bottega bag. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1947
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