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brixton
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What does brixton mean?
proper noun
- A suburb in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3175).
- A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5552).
- A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.
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A minute later we were both in a hansom, driving furiously for the Brixton Road.
“Ha! this may save us a visit to Brixton Road,” whispered Holmes.
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Just so a man might sit in the squalor of Seven Dials and feel that life was innocent and godlike in Brixton and Surbiton.
"Of course! He was most particular. Cadby was a man with ambitions, sir! You'll want to see his book. Wait while I get his address; it's somewhere in Brixton."