Whitehall
['hwaithɔ:l]
Definition
(noun.) the British civil service.
(noun.) a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices.
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Examples
- We will go straight to Whitehall Terrace and bring the matter to a head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They know--and shall know--nothing of Whitehall Terrace. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Godolphin Street, Westminster, is only a few minutes' walk from Whitehall Terrace. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He's a fine fellow, said Holmes, as we came out into Whitehall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Looking at Whitehall, sir? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Going out that night to walk (for I kept retired while it was light), I found a crowd assembled round a placard posted at Whitehall. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was taken one January morning in 1649 to a scaffold erected outside the windows of his own banqueting-room at Whitehall. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mycroft lodges in Pall Mall, and he walks round the corner into Whitehall every morning and back every evening. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was no one in Charles Street, but a great traffic was going on, as usual, in Whitehall, at the extremity. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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