plateglass

adjective, plate·glass often capitalized \ˈplāt-ˈglas, -ˌglas\

Definition of PLATEGLASS

: of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the latter half of the 20th century — compare oxbridge, redbrick 2

1968

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