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Fleet Street

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What does Fleet Street mean?

proper noun

  1. A street in Westminster borough, London, England, that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand; formerly the centre of English journalism.
  2. English journalism or journalists as a group.

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The Bishop of Litchfield barely escaped with his life after preaching at St. Bride's, Fleet Street.
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558
He found the bridge broken down, but mended it, came across, and bravely fought his way up Fleet Street to Ludgate Hill.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699
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He worked for a time in the printing office of Richard Taylor, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, and mentioned the matter to him.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725
He performed five times a day at the Duke of Marlborough's Head, in Fleet Street, the prices being half-a-crown, eighteen pence and one shilling.
Harry HoudiniMiracle Mongers and Their Methods A Complete Exposé of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, Etc.Project Gutenberg ebook #435
In Wellington Street my brother met a couple of sturdy roughs who had just been rushed out of Fleet Street with still-wet newspapers and staring placards.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36