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Exchange Alley

Exchange Alley proper noun: a narrow alleyway connecting shops and coffeehouses in an old neighbourhood of the City of London, once a convenient shortcut from the Royal Exchange on Cornhill to the Post Office on Lombard Street.

Proper noun

Exchange Alley

  1. A narrow alleyway connecting shops and coffeehouses in an old neighbourhood of the City of London, once a convenient shortcut from the Royal Exchange on Cornhill to the Post Office on Lombard Street.

Forms of Exchange Alley

alternative formChange Alley

Questions about Exchange Alley

What does Exchange Alley mean?
Exchange Alley means a narrow alleyway connecting shops and coffeehouses in an old neighbourhood of the City of London, once a convenient shortcut from the Royal Exchange on Cornhill to the Post Office on Lombard Street.
What part of speech is Exchange Alley?
Exchange Alley is a proper noun.

Words near Exchange Alley in the dictionary

  1. exch
  2. exch.
  3. exchangability
  4. exchangable
  5. exchange
  6. Exchange Alley
  7. exchange blows
  8. exchange coefficient
  9. exchange coefficients
  10. exchange contracts
  11. exchange editor

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