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† court-end
The end of the town where the Court is, the fashionable quarter. (Cf. west-end.)
1712Steele Spect. No. 450 ⁋5 A wealthy Spark of the Court-end of the Town. 1779F. Burney Diary 26 May, Mr. Thrale's house is in West-street [Brighton], which is the court end of the town here as well as in London. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. ii. 153 A puppet-show was exhibited at the court end of the town. |