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London Town en · PROPN

Etymology

From London + town. Compare Old English Lundentūn (literally “London town”).

Meanings

  1. (London, UK, poetic, traditional) London, predominantly the central fifteen or so boroughs.
    • To be in London Town on a Sunday morning is to be awakened by the music of many church bells, which provides an extraordinary experience in itself. 2014, George M. Goritz, Shakespeare, Wall Street and My Arabian Nights Adventures, page 36:
    • There was a man from London Town, Who was so very wise, He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes. 1906, Sarah Stone Williams, The Man from London Town, page 5:
    • So it went on for a long time—hunger and poverty for poor Dick, with nothing but his dreams of London Town to give him happiness. 2014, E. Nesbit, Fairy Tales for Young Readers:
    • The last other black face she'd seen had been at a tournament in London Town where her lord's son had fought. 2012, Richard Monaco, Lost Years: The Quest for Avalon: