Word: brekker
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Build-Up "Brekkers." In halcyon pre-war days, Oxford's summer term was one continuous build-up toward Eights Week. Six weeks before the event, the 23 men's colleges picked their eight-man crews with the care bestowed on the selection of a Cabinet. To add muscle and weight, the rowing hearties were subjected to a rigorous Oxford training combining exercise with heavy eating, such as "brekker" of porridge, fish, steak, huge racks of toast and mounds of marmalade - all washed down with draughts of strong, college-brewed beer...
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