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Cheapside

American  
[cheep-sahyd] / ˈtʃipˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. a district and thoroughfare in London, England.


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Almost 500 firefighters were called in to tackle the Cheapside Street fire in the Anderston area on the evening of 28 March 1960.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024

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

From Reuters ● May 24, 2016

The Stratford of his youth lurks behind the facades of Verona, Syracuse or Padua, just as the “citizens” of his Vienna, Rome or Athens seem to have stepped straight out of Cheapside or Southwark.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2016

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

From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2015

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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