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Wardour Street

/ ˈwɔːdə /

noun

  1. a street in Soho where many film companies have their London offices: formerly noted for shops selling antiques and mock antiques
  2. Wardour Street English
    Wardour Street English affectedly archaic speech or writing


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Example Sentences

A minute later he was walking thoughtfully down Wardour street.

I went to look after a piece of old brocade in Wardour Street, and had to bargain for hours for it.

She thanked the civil widow, and turned her steps at once towards Wardour Street.

But the loss of Jamie and the visit to Wardour Street had awakened her better nature and the feelings of a happier time.

They were in a street a little north of Wardour Street, where the shops for the most part were of a miscellaneous variety.

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