Wardour Street

/ (ˈwɔːdə) /

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noun

a street in Soho where many film companies have their London offices: formerly noted for shops selling antiques and mock antiques

Wardour Street English affectedly archaic speech or writing

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Words nearby Wardour Street

warder, ward heeler, Wardian case, wardmote, ward off, Wardour Street, wardress, wardrobe, wardrobe malfunction, wardrobe mistress, wardrobe trunk

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How to use Wardour Street in a sentence

A minute later he was walking thoughtfully down Wardour street.
In Friendship's Guise|Wm. Murray Graydon
I went to look after a piece of old brocade in Wardour Street, and had to bargain for hours for it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray|Oscar Wilde
She thanked the civil widow, and turned her steps at once towards Wardour Street.
A Vanished Hand|Sarah Doudney
But the loss of Jamie and the visit to Wardour Street had awakened her better nature and the feelings of a happier time.
A Vanished Hand|Sarah Doudney

They were in a street a little north of Wardour Street, where the shops for the most part were of a miscellaneous variety.
The Evil Shepherd|E. Phillips Oppenheim