Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun British journalism.
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- proper noun A
street inWestminster that runs fromLudgate Hill to theStrand , formerly the centre of English journalism. - proper noun by extension
English journalism orjournalists as a group.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated
- noun British journalism
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The controversies that have marked out the News of the World for at least 20 years as a paper distinct from every other in what we still call Fleet Street have yet to be resolved.
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Fleet Street, which is the name of a road that used to be home to many of the U.K. newspaper publishers, is used to refer to the newspaper industry generally.
U.K. Police to Reopen Phone-Hacking Probe Paul Sonne 2011
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Mr. Crone was an old hand at News International, where he made a name on Fleet Street defending the company's racy tabloids in court.
Two Tabloid Officials Dispute Testimony Paul Sonne 2011
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The people responsible for that storm -- in what used to be called Fleet Street and what is still called Westminster -- are now the self-styled investigators, trying to pin the blame on somebody else.
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The one thing that can be guaranteed, and is an even safer bet than that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning, is that every newspaper in what used to be called Fleet Street will review your book.
August 2004 Michael Allen 2004
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The one thing that can be guaranteed, and is an even safer bet than that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning, is that every newspaper in what used to be called Fleet Street will review your book.
Archive 2004-08-01 Michael Allen 2004
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The one thing that can be guaranteed, and is an even safer bet than that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning, is that every newspaper in what used to be called Fleet Street will review your book.
Andrew Crumey: Mobius Dick Michael Allen 2004
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Steel could work with the passion flowers above his head and the tender grace of the tropical ferns about him, and he could reach his left hand for his telephone and call Fleet Street to his ear.
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In Fleet Street, which is connected with the wires of the world, there was a feverish activity.
The Soul of the War Philip Gibbs 1919
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Or, if you will, you may call Fleet Street cosy, and the Fleet Prison cosy.
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