Wardour Street
Britishnoun
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a street in Soho where many film companies have their London offices: formerly noted for shops selling antiques and mock antiques
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affectedly archaic speech or writing
Example Sentences
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Another pub for Hendrix fans is The Ship on Wardour Street, close to where the Marquee Club once was.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
It was 1961 and my first job was on Wardour Street, upstairs from the Marquee Club, in a print factory.
From The Guardian ● May 17, 2015
The 10-storey property opened on the corner of Leicester Square and Wardour Street in February and has 192 rooms, a Michelin-starred restaurant, a 35,000 square foot M&M's World store and 11 apartments.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2011
A Bomb In Wardour Street When the band released this track in 1978, number 90 Wardour Street in Soho was home to the Marquee Club where they and their contemporaries played.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2011
Once he offered, as a supreme favour, to introduce Philip to one "Baby," who presided over a small tobacconist's establishment in Wardour Street.
From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian
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