Fleet Street

noun

a street in central London, England: location of many newspaper offices; often used figuratively to mean the entire British newspaper world.

Origin of Fleet Street

1375–1425; late Middle English Flete Strete, after a nearby stream; see fleet³

Words nearby Fleet Street

fleet ballistic missile submarine, fleet chief petty officer, fleet-footed, fleeting, fleet rate, Fleet Street, Fleetwood, Flegel's disease, Flegenheimer, flehmen, fleishig

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Example sentences from the Web for Fleet Street

Whitefriars, in Fleet-street, appears to have been one of the most notorious places in London.
Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present|Thomas Miller
A publisher in Fleet-street, named Lowndes, was more complaisant.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Fanny Burney
Butterworth, the bookseller in Fleet-street; he who is a sort of metropolitan of the methodists, is one of the Members for Dover.
Rural Rides|William Cobbett
B—— at this time occupied chambers in Mitre-court, Fleet-street.
Hazlitt on English Literature|Jacob Zeitlin

It appears that he had been originally a modeller, and kept a little shop in Fleet-street, where he sold plaster-of-Paris images.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2|Camden Pelham

British Dictionary definitions for Fleet Street

Fleet Street

noun

a street in central London in which many newspaper offices were formerly situated

British journalism or journalists collectively

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单词	fleet street
释义	Fleet Street noun a street in central London, England: location of many newspaper offices; often used figuratively to mean the entire British newspaper world. Origin of Fleet Street 1375–1425; late Middle English Flete Strete, after a nearby stream; see fleet³ Words nearby Fleet Street fleet ballistic missile submarine, fleet chief petty officer, fleet-footed, fleeting, fleet rate, Fleet Street, Fleetwood, Flegel's disease, Flegenheimer, flehmen, fleishig Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Fleet Street Whitefriars, in Fleet-street, appears to have been one of the most notorious places in London. Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present\|Thomas Miller A publisher in Fleet-street, named Lowndes, was more complaisant. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Vol. 1 (of 3)\|Fanny Burney Butterworth, the bookseller in Fleet-street; he who is a sort of metropolitan of the methodists, is one of the Members for Dover. Rural Rides\|William Cobbett B—— at this time occupied chambers in Mitre-court, Fleet-street. Hazlitt on English Literature\|Jacob Zeitlin It appears that he had been originally a modeller, and kept a little shop in Fleet-street, where he sold plaster-of-Paris images. The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2\|Camden Pelham British Dictionary definitions for Fleet Street Fleet Street noun a street in central London in which many newspaper offices were formerly situated British journalism or journalists collectively Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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