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dreaming spires

Definition of dreaming spires

noun

a name for the city of Oxford.

Origin:

from ‘ Thyrsis’ (1866), a poem by Matthew Arnold

Nearby words

dream ticket
dreamboat
dreamcatcher
dreamer
Dreaming
dreaming spires
dreamland
dreamlike
dreamscape
Dreamtime
dreamwork

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leporine

/ ˈlɛpərʌɪn

adjective

of or resembling a hare or hares …

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