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Oxfam, OXFAM|ˈɒksfæm|
[Short for Oxford Committee for Famine Relief.]
An organization for the distribution of food, funds, etc., in disaster areas and to poor countries.
1963D. Mitchell in Oxfam Ann. Rep. 1962/63, At first the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief—Oxfam, as it is now known all over the world—was one of many similar groups with a temporary mission: the emergency relief of war suffering in Europe. 1968Listener 8 Aug. 162/1 A grim, obsessed Oxfam worker, struggling to get a few scraps and leavings to millions of starving children. 1969N. W. Pirie Food Resources 15 Oxfam posters used to read ‘Oxfam hates hungry babies’ and went on to suggest ways of getting rid of the hunger. 1974I. Murdoch Sacred & Profane Love Machine 304 Her few inexpensive jewels had gone to Oxfam. 1975J. Blackburn Mister Brown's Bodies i. 10 Those disgusting pictures of famine victims you see in the Oxfam shops. |