Carey Street
/ (ˈkɛərɪ) /
noun
(formerly) the street in which the London bankruptcy court was situated
the state of bankruptcy
Words Nearby Carey Street
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How to use Carey Street in a sentence
Ayscough, seeing Carey Street looming in the distance, was unusually glum.
Colorado Jim | George GoodchildMy husband, that's Whereas,—you'll all'ays find him at the little stationer's shop outside the gate in Carey Street.
Castle Richmond | Anthony TrollopeIn Carey Street, when she was first married, lived Mrs. Chapone.
The Town | Leigh HuntHe ran down to them and warned them of the Carey Street patrol.
Tom Strong, Lincoln's Scout | Alfred Bishop Mason“Might rob him right and left, sir,” said old Matt to a favourite lamp-post in Carey-street.
Mad | George Manville Fenn
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