Vauxhall
- a district in London, on the south bank of the Thames
- Also called: Vauxhall Gardens a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
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Examples from the Web for vauxhall
Historical Examples
The first place of public entertainment I went to was Vauxhall.
Beaux and Belles of EnglandMary Robinson
She laughed, joked, and reproached him for not having pursued her at Vauxhall.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
I should have done better if I had never gone to Vauxhall that evening.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
Vauxhall: in Surrey, in the parish of Lambeth, on the south of the Thames.
The History of LondonWalter Besant
Nor to an occasional junketing at Vauxhall do I ever turn queasy.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3George Augustus Sala
Word Origin and History for vauxhall
Vauxhall
popular pleasure garden on south bank of Thames in London, c.1661-1859; the name is Middle English Faukeshale (late 13c.), "Hall or manor of a man called Falkes," an Old French personal name.
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