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Relief agcy. founded in the U.K. in 1942
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oxfam
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Oxfam is an international confederation of charitable organizations focused on the alleviation of global poverty . Oxfam was originally founded at 17 Broad Street in Oxford , Oxfordshire , in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief by a group of ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1963, short for Oxford Committee for Famine Relief .
Usage examples of oxfam.
At last I settled for a reasonably modest top and a pallid floral skirt that I should have despatched to Oxfam ages ago.
Every time I wore it I swore its next journey would be to the Oxfam shop.
I knew I should just sweep up all this stuff, cram it into bin bags, and take it to an Oxfam shop.
He deduces that the angular woman in the Oxfam dress who fusses over the bottles is Mrs Hodgkinson.
Behind him pads the editor: Mackintosh is thankful that his fellow conspirator chose trainers in the Oxfam shop rather than leather shoes which make every footfall reverberate through the house.
Oxfam stops sending aid to the third world and concentrates on the immense poverty sprawling over England like white film over a blind eye.