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Lombard Street

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Lombard Street
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) the British financial and banking world
[from a street in London once occupied by Lombard bankers]
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Noun1.Lombard Street - a street in central London containing many of the major London banks
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


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From ten in the morning till two, he sites in his office in Lombard Street, and the pulse of the city beats differently in his absence.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
I was going through Lombard Street in the dusk of the evening, just by the end of Three King court, when on a sudden comes a fellow running by me as swift as lightning, and throws a bundle that was in his hand, just behind me, as I stood up against the corner of the house at the turning into the alley.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
Godfrey happened to be cashing a cheque at a banking-house in Lombard Street.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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