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Lord's|lɔːdz|
Also Lords.
The cricket ground at St. John's Wood, London, named after its founder Thomas Lord (1757–1832); now the headquarters of the Marylebone Cricket Club.
1799Times 1 June 3/4 The colours..were presented..to the corps in Lord's cricket-ground. 1823H. Bentley Cricket Matches played by Mary-le-bone Club, Lord's.—26th August, 1793. Eleven of England against Twenty-two of the County of Middlesex. 1863A. J. Munby Diary 10 July in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 167 Miss Williams had asked me to go with her party to the Eton and Harrow cricket match at Lord's. 1910Blackw. Mag. 90/1 The Australians had won the toss at Lords... Our visitors had already on a Lords wicket pretty thoroughly extended a M.C.C. eleven. 1930E. Waugh Labels 88 There was an interval, during which everyone..strolled about..as people do at Lord's between the innings. 1959Listener 19 Feb. 344/1 He loyally goes through the motions, military and social (Bank Picquet, Tower Guard, débutantes' balls, Ascot, Lord's), that are required of him. 1972K. Ward Put Lock On! ix. 99 When there's a Test on at Lords..radio stations cater to the thousands who sit up until dawn. |