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Limehouse

American  
[lahym-haus] / 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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Two of the animals were finally recovered in Limehouse in east London, more than five miles from where they bolted.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024

Two of the animals were finally recovered in Limehouse in east London, more than five miles from where the incident began.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 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

“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

Limehouse, for the American Steam-navigation Company, surpasses anything of the kind hitherto made.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Robert Cochrane

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