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Wimbledon|ˈwɪmb(ə)ldən|
The name of a district of South London, used colloq. to designate the Lawn Tennis Championships on Grass played annually at the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club there. Also transf. and attrib.
1907F. W. Payn Tennis Topics & Tactics xvi. 157 The presence of nearly 30,000 spectators in all at the Wimbledon Championships. 1919Country Life 5 July 29/1 Mr. Gore, the former champion, whose twenty-eighth Wimbledon this is. Ibid. 12 July 54/2 Whether the ‘Victory’ Championships will go down to history as ‘The Wet Wimbledon’ or ‘The Wonderful Wimbledon’ time alone can tell. 1930A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xxv. 381 Fay's livid—Says she wouldn't marry him now if he gave her free seats for Wimbledon. 1935Encycl. Sports 385/2 No record of the Wimbledon championships would be complete without mention of a few of the winners of the men's and women's doubles championships. 1965V. Canning Whip Hand xii. 134 He's..Wimbledon standard tennis, Olympic standard swimming. 1971Guardian 17 Nov. 10/3 Alun Owen is an old hand at the ding-dong, the ping-pong, the Wimbledon of sex. 1979D. Anthony Long Hard Cure v. 42 Was that the year you won Wimbledon? |