Fleet Street
name/ˈfliːt ˌstɹiːt/UK
Etymology
From the (now underground) River Fleet, over which much of Fleet Street runs; see fleet (“arm of the sea; stream”) for more.
Definitions
A street in Westminster borough, London, England, that runs from Ludgate Hill to the…
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.
English journalism or journalists as a group.
- Whenever I feel really depressed about the stinkingness of politics, I take a dive into Fleet Street and see what stinkingness really is.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Fleet Street. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA