| 单词 | oxfam shop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasOxfam shop 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. < as lemmas |
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