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Threadneedle Street

British  
/ ˌθrɛdˈniːdəl, ˈθrɛdˌniːdəl /

noun

  1. a street in the City of London famous for its banks, including the Bank of England, known as The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Rhetoric from Threadneedle Street and Europe's central bankers today can test those shifts.

From Reuters Mar. 23, 2023

Now it's time for the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street to enter stage right and do her routine for the cameras.

From Reuters Nov. 3, 2022

The Bank is flying the Progress Pride flag above its building in London's Threadneedle Street on Wednesday to recognise improvements since his appalling treatment by the state for being gay.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2021

The old lady of Threadneedle Street may have to leave her home of 283 years under Labour plans to move large parts of the Bank of England to Birmingham.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2017

The instrument almost certainly was produced by the school of Henry Sutton, the notable English instrument maker who worked in Threadneedle Street in London from about 1637 through 1665.

From Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Silvio A. Bedini

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