Oxo cube

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Oxo cube

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Genericized trademark of Oxo cube, a brand of stock cubes. The rhyming slang sense is by rhyme with the Tube.

noun Oxo cubes · OXO cube · oxo cube · Oxo · OXO · oxo

  1. Ireland, UK Synonym of stock cube or bouillon cube (“a small cube, consisting of dry ingredients, that can be dissolved to make a broth or soup stock”)

    Similar: stock cube or bouillon cube

proper noun the Oxo cube · OXO cube · oxo cube · Oxo · OXO · oxo

  1. Cockney, slang The London Underground rail network. For instance, on the oxo cube 'tube' the weasler or porter has changed into the less descriptive stationman […]

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@misc{oxo_cube_2026,
  title = {Oxo cube},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oxo%20cube},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}