Charing Cross

[char-ing]

noun

1. a square and district in central London, England: major railroad terminals.

Charing Cross

/ ˈtʃærɪŋ /

noun

1. a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor

Example Sentences

“It’s just as you guessed, Miss Lumley. I checked every bookshop from here to Charing Cross. There are no Hixby’s guides, of any kind, anywhere. Nobody’s ever heard of them. What you’ve got there is sui generis.”

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On Friday an independent report by Dr Shereen Daniels concluded the Met has a problem with "systematic racism" and last month a BBC investigation exposed misconduct at Charing Cross station, which has since led to six officers being sacked.

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“I’d read Helene Hanff’s novel ‘84, Charing Cross Road,’ which is told in letter form, and I liked the reading experience.”

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A Metropolitan Police sergeant who said a detainee "deserves to be beaten up" has become the sixth officer based at Charing Cross police station to be sacked following a BBC investigation.

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But before returning to Poland, Wandelt visited Charing Cross police station in London and told officers she was Madeleine.

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