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"town and gown." Definition

  1. The fight which used to come off every 5th of November between the undergrads and the “cads.” The sides used to shout respectively “TOWN!” and “GOWN!” as war-cries.—_Oxford University._

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Position in the dictionary: 3757 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: town-lout, towzery gang, tracks, tradesman, translator, translators, trap, trapesing, traveller, tree
Previous words in the dictionary: towelling, towel, tow-pows, touzle, touter, tout., tout, touchy, toucher, touch-and-go

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