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Carey Street|ˈkɛərɪstriːt| A street in London, formerly the location of the Bankruptcy Department of the Supreme Court, used allusively to indicate a state of bankruptcy.
1922J. Agate in Sat. Rev. 29 July 172/2 The melancholy gentleman in direful Carey Street. 1936N. Collins Trinity Town v. 80 A man like Mr. Broster who might find himself in Carey Street at any moment. |