24 Sussex Drive
24 Sussex Drive proper noun: the office of Prime Minister of Canada.
Proper noun
24 Sussex Drive
- The office of Prime Minister of Canada.
- So I guess he figured that if he kept on plugging away as he had down there, the same formula would get him into 24 Sussex Drive. But it didn't.1975, Winnett Boyd, Kenneth McDonald, The National Dilemma and the Way Out, BMG, page 33
- By 1965 Pierre Trudeau, en route to Ottawa and 24 Sussex Drive, had concluded that advocates of an associate state or special status were ‘those who do not feel capable of saying they are separatists and carrying their thinking to its logical conclusion.’1977, John T. Saywell, The Rise of the Parti Québécois 1967–76, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 5
- The Canadian Prime Minister's Office or the federal government of Canada.
Synonyms of 24 Sussex Drive
Forms of 24 Sussex Drive
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Origin of 24 Sussex Drive
From 24 + Sussex Drive. Until about 1958, 24 Sussex Street (see also drive). The street address of the Canadian prime minister's official residence, since 1951, although since 2015 prime ministers have not lived there because of poor condition needing repair. The road was named in the early 19th century, after Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843).
Words formed from 24 Sussex Drive
Questions about 24 Sussex Drive
- What does 24 Sussex Drive mean?
- 24 Sussex Drive means the office of Prime Minister of Canada.
- What part of speech is 24 Sussex Drive?
- 24 Sussex Drive is a proper noun.
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