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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
n
1. (Placename) a street in central London in which many newspaper offices were formerly situated
2. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) British journalism or journalists collectively
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Noun1.Fleet Street - a street in central London where newspaper offices are situatedFleet 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
Translations
Fleet Street [ˈfliːtˌstriːt] N (Brit) (= street) → Fleet Street calle de Londres en la que muchos periódicos tenían sus oficinas; (= industry) la prensa británica
Fleet Street
n (Brit) → Fleet Street f; he had a job on Fleet Streeter hatte einen Job als Journalist


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I think of Fleet Street and Lincoln's Inn now with a shudder of disgust.
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.
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.
 
 
 
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