(n.) A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century.
Example Sentences:
(1) Working in tandem with Westminster city council, Transport for London and the Greater London Authority, the crown estate has pedestrianised several side streets, widened pavements, and introduced a diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus and new traffic islands at Piccadilly Circus, along with two-way traffic on Piccadilly, Pall Mall and St James's Street.
(2) A person who's that out of it deserves both an owl and chocolate, so I got off the train at Piccadilly Circus and picked him up a box.
(3) "I only had one unpleasant experience, when I was stupid enough to pick up someone in a loo at Piccadilly.
(4) The Northern Hub will provide electrified track and new stretches of railway over the next five years, radiating out from Greater Manchester , to allow faster connections between stations from Chester and Liverpool to Bradford and Leeds, cutting out some of the gridlock around Manchester Piccadilly.
(5) Important upgrades to the Northern and Piccadilly lines could be delayed as a consequence of this morning's verdict by Chris Bolt, the man charged with refereeing the PPP contract.
(6) At luxury grocery store Fortnum & Mason on Piccadilly, which the campaign group UK Uncut claimed was occupied by around 200 of its supporters, paint was being scrubbed from brickwork.
(7) Those long escalators on the Piccadilly line were a life-saver - up and down, up and down - until you'd cooled in the regular funnels of air that the trains push ahead as they zip along.
(8) An organisation calling itself Resist 26 claims it will stage a number of "people's assemblies" along the route of the march and under the banner "Battle of Britain" it is calling for a 24-hour occupation of Hyde Park and "after parties" at famous London landmarks including Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and Buckingham Palace.
(9) Michael Taylor, a regular commuter from Stockport to Manchester Piccadilly said: "I despair at Northern Rail, but I also feel a rising anger, more so as I spend time in London.
(10) Earlier this month David Harewood, a lead in US conspiracy drama Homeland that aired for the first time in the UK on Sunday (19 February), reinforced a view that has long been espoused by minority performers frustrated with the lack of opportunities on offer here: "There really aren't enough strong, authoritative roles for black actors in this country," he told a crowded Bafta screening at the British industry's grand epicentre in Piccadilly.
(11) It was made by the London jeweller Bentley & Skinner, and a proud photograph of it can be seen on the wall in the firm's Piccadilly window.
(12) Not everyone "kettled" by police cordons outside the department store on Piccadilly agreed their temporary incarceration was necessary.
(13) But no – we just run down Piccadilly Circus and into Regent Street, then Oxford Street.
(14) In a sign of the uncertainty, on their arrival David's entourage queued for taxis at Manchester Piccadilly station and confided that they didn't know how long they would be staying.
(15) A broadcasting natural, he started out as a teenager on Manchester’s Piccadilly Radio, where he played a character called Nobby Nolevel on the Timmy Mallett show.
(17) The Piccadilly line was operating a service between Acton Town and Heathrow, and the Hammersmith & City line was running between Shepherd's Bush Market and Baker Street.
(18) The money will allow the RA to finally properly use the huge building it acquired in 2001 – 6 Burlington Gardens, just north of the grand and more familiar Burlington House on Piccadilly.
(19) Its properties include the ITN building on Gray’s Inn Road, buildings on upmarket Piccadilly, Jermyn Street and Bond Street, and a large retail site at the east end of Oxford Street, which is undergoing regeneration as part of the Crossrail project.
(20) To underline the message, protesters formed an “unwelcoming committee” at Piccadilly station on Saturday, greeting delegates with a banner saying “Tories Not Welcome Go Home”.
Street
Definition:
(a.) Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses.
Example Sentences:
(1) No one has jobs,” said Annie, 45, who runs a street stall selling fried chicken and rice in the Matongi neighbourhood.
(2) When asked why the streets of London were not heaving with demonstrators protesting against Russia turning Aleppo into the Guernica of our times, Stop the War replied that it had no wish to add to the “jingoism” politicians were whipping up against plucky little Russia .
(3) The remain side have already targeted Johnson’s credibility in attacks that the Brexiters believe were orchestrated by Downing Street.
(4) Russian anti-gay law prompts rise in homophobic violence Read more “The law against gay propaganda legitimised violence against LGBT people, and they now are banning street actions under it,” Klimova said.
(5) The appointment of the mayor of London's brother, who formally becomes a Cabinet Office minister, is one of a series of moves designed to strengthen the political operation in Downing Street and to patch up the prime minister's frayed links with the Conservative party.
(6) There on the street is Young Jo whose last words were, "I am wery symbolic, sir."
(7) 133 Hatfield Street, +27 21 462 1430, nineflowers.com The Fritz Hotel Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Fritz is a charming, slightly-faded retreat in a quiet residential street – an oasis of calm yet still in the heart of the city, with the bars and restaurants of Kloof Street five minutes’ walk away.
(8) It ended with a withering putdown: “I’m leaving Downing Street 10 times more sceptical than I was before ,” Juncker told his host.
(9) Mal’s age alone was enough to earn him a significant amount of street cred in our misfit group of teenage boys, yet it was his history of extreme violence that ensured his approval rating was sky high.
(10) Later Downing Street elaborated on its position, pointing out that Brooks was a constituent of Cameron's and, in any case, "the prime minister regularly meets newspaper executives from lots of different companies".
(11) The mayor of London had said in a Twitter exchange in July that it was a “ludicrous urban myth” that Britain’s premier shopping street was one of the world’s most polluted thoroughfares, saying that the capital’s air quality was “better than Paris and other European cities”.
(12) In north-west Copenhagen, among the quiet, graffiti-tagged streets of red-brick blocks and low-rise social housing bordering the multi-ethnic Nørrebro district, police continued to cordon off roads and search a flat near the spot where officers killed a man believed to be behind Denmark’s bloodiest attacks in over a decade.
(13) On the first anniversary of Peach's death I took part in my first ever demonstration where we chanted the names of the six SPG officers who were said to have been hitting people with batons on the street where Peach died.
(14) They were granted “extraordinary leave” and left with their military equipment to be captured or killed on the streets of the Chechen capital.
(15) A few blocks away there are streets full of empty buildings, signs that the oil boom of the past decade is long past.
(16) The venture capitalist argued in his report, commissioned by the Downing Street policy guru Steve Hilton, in favour of "compensated no fault-dismissal" for small businesses.
(17) Subway service was partially suspended and police blocked off the streets where the shooting occurred.
(18) A street market in Karm al-Shami, central Homs, last month.
(19) 2) Trebling of alcohol treatment places to match the expansion in drug treatment, and US-style street pastor teams using vetted ex-offenders to reach disaffected young people.
(20) The expansion comes hot on the heels of another year of stellar growth in which Primark edged closer to overtaking high street stalwart M&S in sales and profits.