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  • 11Sloane — may refer to:a surname: * Sir Hans Sloane (1660 ndash;1753), Scottish collector and physician ** Sloane Square, a location in London, named after Hans Sloane: *** Sloane Street, which terminates at Sloane Square *** Sloane Square tube station, a… …

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  • 12Sloane Street — is a street in London which runs north to south, from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square, crossing Pont Street about half way along. It forms the boundary between the exclusive districts of Knightsbridge, Belgravia, and Chelsea. To the west of the… …

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  • 13Sloane — (also Sloane Ranger) ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ a fashionable upper class young woman. DERIVATIVES Sloaney adjective. ORIGIN from Sloane Square, London + Lone Ranger, a fictitious cowboy hero …

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  • 14Ranger — was a gamekeeper in the 14th century England, though the meaning evolved to mean a soldier who ranges over a region to protect the area or enforce the law ( range meaning travel around an area ). In Britain, the term has been associated with a… …

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  • 15Sloane — n. (in full Sloane Ranger) Brit. sl. a fashionable and conventional upper class young person, esp. living in London. Derivatives: Sloaney adj. Etymology: Sloane Square, London + Lone Ranger, a cowboy hero * * * /slohn/, n. Sir Hans 1660 1753,… …

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  • 16Sloane — n British a young upper middle or upper class person, educated at a public school and affecting certain well defined modes of dress and behaviour. The phrase was applied to a recognisable sub category of British youth displaying characteristics… …

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  • 17Sloane Rangers —    A term invented by the style commentator Peter York to describe a set of upper middle class women based in moneyed areas of London such as Sloane Square and who were daughters of colonels, admirals and gentleman farmers. Also described as the… …

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  • 18Sloane — (also Sloane Ranger) noun Brit. informal a fashionable upper class young woman. Derivatives Sloaney adjective Origin 1970s: from Sloane Square, London + Lone Ranger, the name of a fictitious cowboy hero …

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  • 19Sloane — Noun. A young, fashionable, upper class person, usually a woman, living in London. Abb. of Sloane Ranger. Informal 1970s …

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  • 20Ranger Cyclecar — Die Ranger Cyclecar Co. Ltd. waren ein britischer Automobilhersteller in Coventry (Warwickshire). 1913–1915 wurden dort Cyclecars gebaut. 1913 erschien der Ranger 8 hp. Sein luftgekühlter Zweizylinder Reihenmotor hatte 1,0 l Hubraum. Der… …

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