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Charing Cross

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Char·ing Cross  (chrng)
A district of London, England, where Edward I erected (c. 1290) the last of a series of crosses in memory of his wife, Eleanor of Castile.
Charing Cross [ˈtʃærɪŋ]
n
(Placename) a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor


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House-surgeon, from 1882 to 1884, at Charing Cross Hospital.
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I will send a messenger to Souspennier to meet you at Charing Cross to-night.
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Master and man then descended, the street-door was double-locked, and at the end of Saville Row they took a cab and drove rapidly to Charing Cross.
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