Definition of Stepney

1. a spare wheel [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stepney

steple
steples
steplike
stepmama
stepmamas
stepmamma
stepmammas
stepmom
stepmoms
stepmother
stepmotherhood
stepmotherly
stepmothers
stepnephew
stepnephews
stepney (current term)
stepneys
stepniece
stepnieces
stepover
stepovers
stepparent
stepparenthood
stepparenting
stepparentings
stepparents
steppe
stepped
stepped-up
stepped back

Literary usage of Stepney

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Publications of the Harleian Society by Harleian Society (1887)
"Thomas Hill, Merchant, & Dorothy Butler, of stepney, Mi< Martin in the Fields, ... John Wood, of Fulham, Middlesex, Waterman, & Joane Li Widow ; at stepney ..."

2. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"stepney. Derivation of the Name—Noble Families in stepney—An Attack of the Plague—The ... AT stepney, two and a half miles east of St. Paul's j Cathedral, ..."

3. Travels in New-England and New-York by Timothy Dwight (1821)
"Dear Sir, IN the morning (September 22d) we rode to Hartford through Middletown, Upper Houses, stepney, and Wethersfield; (fifteen miles. ..."

4. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1905)
"[stepney Borough Council (Superannuation) Bill 1 Lords.] 1370 Also, a Bill, intituled. " An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Tees Valley Water Board, ..."

5. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1905)
"The hon. and gallant Gentleman who represented stepney said that there were ... Member for stepney stretched figures one way and manipulated statistics the ..."

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