bandbox-cut

Updated: May 22, 2025

The friends set out, from hat to boot in the most approved Oxford bandbox-cut of trimness and prettiness. Sheffield was turning into the High Street, when Reding stopped him: "It always annoys me," he said, "to go down High Street in a beaver; one is sure to meet a proctor." "All those University dresses are great fudge," answered Sheffield; "how are we the better for them?

John Henry Newman - Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert