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Very small house, Oxford home? (7)

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shoebox

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'very small house' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'oxford home?' is the wordplay.
'oxford' becomes 'shoe' (I've seen this in another clue).
'home?' becomes 'box' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'shoe'+'box'='SHOEBOX'

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(Other definitions for shoebox that I've seen before include "Footwear container" , "Oxford couple may have been put in this" , "small room" , "Tiny house, colloquially" .)

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