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Piccadilly Circus

American  

noun

  1. a traffic circle and open square in W London, England: theater and amusement center.


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On an underground train en route to Piccadilly Circus, I got the picture after spotting a newspaper headline.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

At the time, he worked at the kitschy Rainforest Café in Piccadilly Circus — a now-defunct theme restaurant with animatronic animals — to help pay for his tuition.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

An animation promoting the Coronation Food Project will be shown on Tuesday evening on the digital advertising hoardings at Piccadilly Circus in London.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

Yankee colloquialisms such as “I guess” and “You bet” echoed from Piccadilly Circus to Regent Street.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2023

Sometimes when Dad asks Mum how work was, she says the ward was like Piccadilly Circus.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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