Soho
['səuhəu;səu'həu]
Definition
(noun.) a city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs.
(noun.) a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts.
Editor: Percival--From WordNet
Definition
(interj.) Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo.
Typist: Remington
Examples
- Hundreds of People The quiet lodgings of Doctor Manette were in a quiet street-corner not far from Soho-square. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I have been to Soho. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- At last we came to Soho Square, where Caddy Jellyby had appointed to wait for me, as a quiet place in the neighbourhood of Newman Street. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I could go to Soho in the evening, and come to your chambers afterwards. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- On this certain fine Sunday, Mr. Lorry walked towards Soho, early in the afternoon, for three reasons of habit. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He conducted us to Gerrard Street, Soho, to a house on the south side of that street. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Soho, old girl--gently--gently. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Boulton and Watt, at Soho, was brilliantly illuminated with coal gas by Mr. Murdoch. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- As if Mr. Lorry had not known it for a fact, years ago, in the quiet corner in Soho, that this precious brother had spent her money and left her! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You deliberately advise me not to go up to Soho and offer myself--_my_self, Stryver of the King's Bench bar? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Towards Soho, therefore, Mr. Stryver shouldered his way from the Temple, while the bloom of the Long Vacation's infancy was still upon it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Typist: Susan