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Fleet Street

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Fleet Street
n.
British journalism.
[After Fleet Street in central London, long the headquarters for many British newspaper publishers.]
Fleet Street
Noun
1. the street in London where many newspaper offices were formerly situated
2. British national newspapers collectively: Fleet Street's obsession with the Royal Family
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Noun1.Fleet StreetFleet Street - a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated
British capital, capital of the United Kingdom, Greater London, London - the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
2.Fleet Street - British journalism
journalism, news media - newspapers and magazines collectively
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I think of Fleet Street and Lincoln's Inn now with a shudder of disgust.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Then there is the Fortune Theatre near Cripplegate, and, most charming of all, two views--street and river fronts--the Duke's Theatre, Dorset Garden, in Fleet Street, designed by Wren, decorated by Gibbons--graceful, naive, dainty, like the work of a very refined Palladio, working minutely, perhaps more delicately than at Vicenza, in the already crowded city on the Thames side.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
In Wellington Street my brother met a couple of sturdy roughs who had just been rushed out of Fleet Street with still- wet newspapers and staring placards.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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