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Limehouse

American  
[lahym-hous] / ˈlaɪmˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. a dock district in the East End of London, England, once notorious for its squalor: formerly a Chinese quarter.


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The animals were later seen near the Limehouse Tunnel before they were recaptured by City of London Police and taken away to be assessed by Army vets.

From BBC May 29, 2024

Shortly before 10 a.m., the City of London police reported that its officers had corralled two of the horses near Limehouse, a neighborhood adjacent to the city’s Thames docklands.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2024

By the weekend, a remix of the rap had made it to the dancefloor of a gay nightclub in London's Limehouse.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2023

“None of this would have happened without Alex Murdaugh, but none of it could have happened without the defendant,” Limehouse said.

From Seattle Times Nov. 23, 2022

Somewhere between here and Limehouse Hole was Brig Place, not discoverable to-day, where lived the genial one-armed "Cuttle."

From Dickens' London by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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