wardour street english
1Wardour Street English — /wörˈdər strēt ingˈglish/ noun Sham antique diction as found in some historical novels ORIGIN: Wardour Street, London, once noted for antique and imitation antique furniture, now associated with the film industry …
2Wardour-street — affected pseudo archaic diction of historical novels, 1888, from street in London lined with shops selling imitation antique furniture. This is not literary English of any date; this is Wardour Street Early English a perfectly modern article with …
3wardour street — ˈwȯ(r)də(r) adjective Usage: usually capitalized W&S Etymology: from Wardour Street, London, England, formerly center of the antique and spurious antique trade : falsely imitative of archaic forms Wardour Street English …
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5Meard Street — Coordinates: 51°30′48″N 0°07′59″W / 51.5133°N 0.133°W / 51.5133; 0.133 Meard Street in a street in Soho, London. It runs …
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9Hammer Film Productions — is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for the series of Gothic Hammer Horror films produced from the late 1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers and… …
10Chinatown — This article is about the type of ethnic enclave generally. For other uses, see Chinatown (disambiguation). Chinatown, San Francisco, the oldest and one of the largest Chinatowns in North America …
