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Carey Street

British  
/ ˈkɛərɪ /

noun

  1. (formerly) the street in which the London bankruptcy court was situated

  2. the state of bankruptcy

"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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The boil water advisory remains in effect for parts of West Baltimore from North and South Riggs Avenue to West Franklin Street and East and West Carey Street to Pulaski Avenue, officials said.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022

When they leave the hospital, they move into a housing project over in North Carey Street, over in West Baltimore.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2020

He was born prematurely and suffered from lead poisoning from flaking paint as a toddler while living a few blocks away on North Carey Street, according to a lawsuit the family later filed.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2015

On Carey Street, at the Center for the Promotion of Intellectual Development, one of Mornovia’s many tea shops and political saloons that often came under fire during Taylor’s reign, opinion on the sentencing was divided.

From Newsweek ● May 30, 2012

When he fixed this anecdote upon Carey Street, the old Chancellor used to represent himself as buying the sprats in Clare Market instead of Fleet Market.

From A Book About Lawyers by John Cordy Jeaffreson

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