Piccadilly
[,pikə'dili]
Definition
(n.) A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century.
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Definition
n. a standing-up collar with the points turned over first worn about 1870: a high collar worn in the time of James I.: an edging of lace on a woman's broad collar (17th century).
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Examples
- Albany, Piccadilly,' replied Fledgeby. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Duke, said I, you cut me in Piccadilly to-day. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The arch and the Achilles statue were up since he had last been in Piccadilly; a hundred changes had occurred which his eye and mind vaguely noted. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But the eyes of this history can follow him westward, by Cornhill, Cheapside, Fleet Street, and the Strand, to Piccadilly and the Albany. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was at some celebration of one of the Royal Societies at the Burlington House, Piccadilly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He grudged the time lost between Piccadilly and his old haunt at the Slaughters', whither he drove faithfully. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr and Mrs Lammle's house in Sackville Street, Piccadilly, was but a temporary residence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The next day I received the following answer from Lord Byron, dated Albany, Piccadilly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- That's all I can make out at present; but you may go to bed in the Albany, Piccadilly, with THAT for your pillow, young man! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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