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

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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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