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Fleet Street

noun

  1. a street in central London, England: location of many newspaper offices; often used figuratively to mean the entire British newspaper world.



Fleet Street

noun

  1. a street in central London in which many newspaper offices were formerly situated

  2. British journalism or journalists collectively

“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fleet Street1

1375–1425; late Middle English Flete Strete, after a nearby stream; fleet 3
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Example Sentences

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London Ambulance Service said four people were treated by paramedics in Buckingham Palace Road, Belgrave Square, and the junction between Chancery Lane and Fleet Street.

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It says paramedics treated patients with horse-related injuries in three different London locations: Buckingham Palace Road, Belgrave Square, and the junction between Chancery Lane and Fleet Street.

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The ambulance service said later that at least five people had been injured in three locations, from Victoria to Belgrave Square and Fleet Street.

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His flair for words saw him dubbed "Fleet Street's prince of phrase-makers", credited by some with coining the famous saying "legend in his own lunchtime".

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Thousands of demonstrators began gathering in the Bank area of central London around midday on Saturday, before heading west along Fleet Street on the planned route to Parliament Square in Westminster.

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