Downing Street
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named for its founder, Sir George Downing.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]- A street leading off Whitehall in Westminster, London containing the residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
- (metonymically, by extension) The British government.
- (loosely) Either 10 Downing Street or 11 Downing Street.
- 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:
- For all his faults and grandstanding, however, Prescott genuinely cared - and his ambitious plans for tram schemes and railway extensions were stymied by lack of support from Downing Street.
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[edit]See also
[edit]- Downing Street on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- White House
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