Fleet Street
UK/ˈfliːt ˌstɹiːt/
Fleet Street proper noun: a street in Westminster borough, London, England, that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand; formerly the centre of English journalism.
Proper noun
Fleet Street
- A street in Westminster borough, London, England, that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand; formerly the centre of English journalism.
- And it is to bee ſeene in London, at the red Lyon, in Fleteſtreete.1569, C. R., The true discripcion of this marueilous straunge Fishe, whiche was taken on thursday was sennight, the .xvi. day of June, this present month, in the yeare of our Lord God. M.DLX.ix.
- English journalism or journalists as a group.
- "They will say that you are an infernal liar and a scientific charlatan, exactly as you and others said of me." "In the face of photographs?" "Faked, Summerlee! Clumsily faked!" "In the face of specimens?" "Ah, there we may have them! Malone and his filthy Fleet Street crew may be all yelping our...1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- Whenever I feel really depressed about the stinkingness of politics, I take a dive into Fleet Street and see what stinkingness really is.1981, Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, Janet P. Morgan, The Backbench Diaries of Richard Crossman, page 141
Examples of Fleet Street in a sentence
- Malone and his filthy Fleet Street crew may be all yelping our praises yet."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- Oh, Bernard, we can't have foreign policy made by yobbos like Fleet Street editors or backbench MPs!1986 January 23, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Smoke Screen”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Humphrey Appleby...
- Whatever the outcome, Fleet Street's introspective pundits will say: "I told you so", and make dire predictions for the future, which are likely to be off the mark.2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian:
- It was there—after she fired most of the staff—that Fleet Street began to paint [Anna Wintour] as an ice queen.2023 September 23, Lauren Indvik, “God is in the details”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN...
Forms of Fleet Street
| alternative form (obsolete) | Fletestreete |
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Origin of Fleet Street
From the (now underground) River Fleet, over which much of Fleet Street runs; see fleet (“arm of the sea; stream”) for more.
Words formed from Fleet Street
Questions about Fleet Street
- What does Fleet Street mean?
- Fleet Street means a street in Westminster borough, London, England, that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand; formerly the centre of English journalism.
- How do you use Fleet Street in a sentence?
- Malone and his filthy Fleet Street crew may be all yelping our praises yet."
- What part of speech is Fleet Street?
- Fleet Street is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Fleet Street?
- Fleet Street is pronounced /ˈfliːt ˌstɹiːt/ (UK).
Words near Fleet Street in the dictionary
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