Haymarket

[ hey-mahr-kit ]

noun

1. a famous London market 1644–1830.
2. a street in London, site of this market, known for its theaters.
3. a playhouse erected in London in 1720 and still in use.

Example Sentences

How boldly he acted during the Haymarket tragedy—publicly advised the use of violence to avenge the capitalist conspiracy.

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From the Lyceum she passed to the Haymarket, where she was treated as a spoiled child by the three old men who there held sway.

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A protest mass meeting met the next day on Haymarket Square and was addressed by Internationalists.

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One Mr. Taylor, a very extensive picture-dealer, who lived in the Haymarket, made several overtures to me about this time.

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It is a long way from the Haymarket to Islington, but at last the cab reached the lodging-house door.

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