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It's only a small part of England (4)

Ross

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oxon

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(Other definitions for oxon that I've seen before include "county in brief" , "Oxfordshire, postally" , "Oxfordshire (abbr)" , "English county shortly" , "indefinitely to get half of 24y" .)

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