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Definition of Fleet street
1. Noun. A street in central London where newspaper offices are situated.
Group relationships: British Capital, Capital Of The United Kingdom, Greater London, London
2. Noun. British journalism.
Definition of Fleet street
1. Proper noun. A street in Westminster that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand, formerly the centre of English journalism. ¹
2. Proper noun. (by extension) English journalism or journalists as a group. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleet Street
Literary usage of Fleet street
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"fleet street Two Vols. fcap. Svo., I!.. MAUD BINGLEY. A TALE. By FREDERICA GRAHAM.
“She has a hidden life.” — Comas. “The manner in which the authoress ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"... or With appropriate Biographical Notices. in course of Post, The December
Number contains:— 153. fleet street. London. PROFESSOR GRAHAM, MA, FRS ..."
3. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1898)
"fleet street(Pl. R, 35 ; //), one of the busiest streets in London, leads from
Ludgate ... fleet street itself contains few objects of external interest, ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"His two executors seem both to have carried on business after his death in his
old premises at the Sun in fleet street, and for some years before his death ..."
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