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Whitechapels

Whitechapels is the plural of Whitechapel.

Meaning of Whitechapel

Proper noun

Whitechapel

  1. An urban area in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in east London, Greater London, England, traditionally a poor working-class neighbourhood. (OS grid ref TQ3481)
    • The first man I spoke to was Whitechapel to the backbone, plainly to be spotted as such as if it had been tattooed on his forehead. Making myself at home with him, I desired to know what brought him so far from the "big smoke," and on board a whaler of all places in the world.1898, Frank Thomas Bullen, The Cruise of the Cachalot
  2. A hamlet in Goosnargh parish, Preston district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5541).

Questions about Whitechapels

What is Whitechapels the plural of?
Whitechapels is the plural of Whitechapel.

Words near Whitechapels in the dictionary

  1. Whitechapel
  2. Whitechapel brougham
  3. Whitechapel broughams
  4. Whitechapel cart
  5. Whitechapel carts
  6. Whitechapels
  7. whitecheek shark
  8. whitecheek sharks
  9. Whitechurch
  10. Whitecliff
  11. whitecoat

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