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Mar 10, 2005

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Toponyms

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gamboge
vernissage
Finlandization
Fleet Street
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A.Word.A.Day--Fleet Street

Fleet Street (fleet street) noun

The British press.

[After Fleet Street in London, where many British newspapers used to be published.]

See more usage examples of fleet street in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

"Pecker on Wednesday named a new editor in chief to lead that overhaul: Fleet Street veteran Paul Field."
Christina Hoag; National Enquirer Moves Operations to the Big Apple; Miami Herald; Feb 17, 2005.

"Cut to the Premier League footballer, telling Fleet Street that he's no hooligan, as slow-motion replays from 19 angles reveal him gobbing in the ref's eye."
Tom Eaton: A New Dictionary of Received Ideas; Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg, South Africa); Mar 4, 2005.

This week's theme: toponyms.

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