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Harley Street

American  

noun

  1. a street in London, England: noted for the eminent doctors who have offices there.


Harley Street British  
/ ˈhɑːlɪ /

noun

  1. a street in central London famous for its large number of medical specialists' consulting rooms

"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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She also spent money on manicures, tanning sessions and trips to a private Harley Street dentist.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

London is safe, cosmopolitan, with luxury goods at Harrods, skilled doctors on Harley Street, and posh boarding schools like Johnson’s alma mater, Eton College, which costs $70,000 a year for one boy’s tuition.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2022

The house was also in walking distance of the Harley Street practice of speech therapist Lionel Logue who, from 1926, helped the future King overcome his stammer.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2021

He had studied cosmetic dentistry at Northwestern University dental school in Chicago before setting up a practice in Harley Street, London.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020

That afternoon Jasmine arrived in Harley Street, and had to explain that Uncle Matthew would not have her to stay with him any longer.

From Rich Relatives by Compton MacKenzie

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