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Whitefriars

American  
[hwahyt-frahy-erz, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌfraɪ ərz, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

  1. a district in central London, England.


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One of the estimated 600 schools with a classroom canine is Whitefriars Primary Academy in King's Lynn, Norfolk, which said Poppy the cockapoo helped with wellbeing and learning.

From BBC Jan. 16, 2025

Dorothy Spicer, 84, was found lying face down outside Whitefriars care home in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and died of pneumonia two months later.

From BBC Jan. 2, 2014

Pepys, the indefatigable, was a frequent visitor to the Whitefriars Theatre.

From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury

By the Author of "Whitefriars," "Owen Tudor," &c.

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross

"Papa said they would take away the tickets a little before we got to Whitefriars."

From Carrots: Just a Little Boy by Mrs. Molesworth

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