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
Around two years ago, a popular YouTuber captured footage of the software struggling to navigate San Francisco’s famously winding Lombard Street in a video that garnered tens of thousands of views.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2023
Tourists visiting the city’s vistas like Twin Peaks or the famously windy Lombard Street are easy marks.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020
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
After parking the department’s speedy beefed-up hovercar on the roof of the San Francisco Hall of Justice on Lombard Street, bounty hunter Rick Deckard, briefcase in hand, descended to Harry Bryant’s office.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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