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Cheapside

American  
[cheep-sahyd] / ˈtʃipˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. a district and thoroughfare in London, England.


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The fragment was then taken to the British parliament and Becket’s birthplace in Cheapside.

From Reuters May 24, 2016

A historical marker in Cheapside Park that provides information about slavery will also be reviewed.

From Washington Times Jul. 8, 2015

A gold pendant reliquary from the Cheapside Hoard – one of the pieces to be shown at the Museum of London from this autumn.

From The Guardian Jun. 4, 2013

Over several generations, many had used the three-story brick building at 148 Middle Avenue, in a stretch once called Cheapside, as their claim stake — not to prosperity, but to the chance of it.

From New York Times Oct. 14, 2012

Afternoon sounds came into the room: people passing along the street to and from the shops in Cheapside or Poultry Lane; carters carrying goods to the wharves on the Thames, Belinsgate, or Queen Hythe.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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