London
['lʌndən]
Definition
(noun.) the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center.
(noun.) United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916).
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Definition
(n.) The capital city of England.
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Examples
- I am a stranger in London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Some weeks of spare time were at my disposal, before I entered on my functions by establishing myself in the suburbs of London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Different benevolent-minded ladies and gentlemen in this neighbourhood and in London. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Chance set me free of my London engagements to-day sooner than I had expected, and I have got here, in consequence, earlier than my appointed time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I had scant luggage to take with me to London, for little of the little I possessed was adapted to my new station. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Not like London--is it, sir? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Jos's London agents had orders to pay one hundred and twenty pounds yearly to his parents at Fulham. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Weller's knowledge of London was extensive and peculiar. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As luck would have it, Raggles' house in Curzon Street was to let when Rawdon and his wife returned to London. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Lord Steyne, and her son in London, had many a laugh over the story when Rawdon and his wife returned to their quarters in May Fair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Fanny was disposed to think the influence of London very much at war with all respectable attachments. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- M. Le Gray, of Paris, was the first to suggest collodion for this purpose, but Mr. Scott Archer, of London, in 1851, was the first to carry it out practically. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I've never dined out in London; and I don't want to be ridiculous. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The opium was probably brought from London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was dated from Hampshire on the 25th of July, and it announced the journey of Lady Glyde to London on the 26th. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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