The name of a street in the City of London, in the 16–17th centuries the principal street for drapers' shops.
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释义 | society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > street where specific goods traded (4) Watling Street1569 The name of a street in the City of London, in the 16–17th centuries the principal street for drapers' shops. carrion-row1728 a place where inferior meat or offal was sold. Mincing Lane1880 Allusively: the auction room for tea and other commodities originally situated in this street; (hence) the market in these goods. Petticoat Lane1967 attributive. Designating items bought and sold on, or resembling those found on, Petticoat Lane. |
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