Lombard Street
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Lombard Street
C16: from a street in London once occupied by Lombard bankers
Example Sentences
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It will begin at the junction of South Lotts Road and Ringsend Road and travel across McMahon Bridge and down Pearse Street to the junction of Lombard Street East and Westland Row.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023
His apartment on Russian Hill has a trophy view of San Francisco Bay and the tight curves of Lombard Street.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020
Even when Talbot and Fails risk unraveling the film’s most cherished verities, they do so with the mesmerizing grace of a skateboard gliding down Lombard Street.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2019
A new twist: Drivers might have to pay a fee to go down San Francisco’s crooked Lombard Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2019
He then continued on to the Hall of Justice on Lombard Street and found himself a quarter of an hour late to work.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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