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Petticoat Lane
A popular name given to Middlesex Street (formerly Hog Lane) in the City of London, where dealers in second-hand clothes and other commodities congregate. Also attrib.
1602in Calendar of Cecil MSS. 168 in Parl. Papers 1910 (Cd. 5291) XXXIV. 1, I understand by Udall that Eccleston is a gentleman dwelling near Knowsely, but has left his habitation, and abides altogether in London, in Peticote Lane. 1631B. Jonson Devil an Ass i. i. 60 We will suruay the Suburbs, and make forth our sallyes, Downe Petticoate-lane, and vp the Smock-allies, To Shoreditch, Whitechappell, and so to Saint Kathernes. 1909W. W. Hutchings London Town II. xc. 967/1 This street formerly Petticoat Lane, and in yet earlier days Hog Lane, has of late years been rebuilt, but it is still largely inhabited by dealers in second-hand clothes, and still on Sundays it is thronged by those who come to buy other people's cast-off garments. 1967M. Waddell Otley Pursued xii. 109 It was 6.42 by my Petticoat Lane watch, give or take ten minutes or so. 1972Police Rev. 17 Nov. 1495/3 The man who had been given the licence had described the street..as ‘Petticoat Lane’. Section 21 (1) required that the particular street must be named, and Petticoat Lane has become Middlesex Street. 1976Oadby & Wigston Advertiser 26 Nov. 10/1 Glen Parva Borstal was like a ‘small Petticoat Lane’ with items being offered for sale all the time, Rutland magistrates heard on Monday. |