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What's the meaning of the phrase 'An Oxford scholar'?
A dollar.
What's the origin of the phrase 'An Oxford scholar'?
Cockney rhyming slang. Not a US dollar but five shillings in old UK coinage, now 25 pence.
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The meaning and origin of the expression: An Oxford scholar
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