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Mornington Crescent

Definitions

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  • proper noun A fictional game of complicated strategy in which players move around a map of the London Underground.

Etymologies

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Coined in 1978 on the BBC Radio 4 programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, after the London Underground station.

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Examples

  • Regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer team up with Jeremy Hardy to do a multitude of silly things including 'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Uxbridge English Dictionary' and the legendary 'Mornington Crescent'.

    home 2009

  • Regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer team up with Jeremy Hardy to do a multitude of silly things including 'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Uxbridge English Dictionary' and the legendary 'Mornington Crescent'.

    home 2009

  • Regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer team up with Jeremy Hardy to do a multitude of silly things including 'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Uxbridge English Dictionary' and the legendary 'Mornington Crescent'.

    home 2009

  • Regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer team up with Jeremy Hardy to do a multitude of silly things including 'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Uxbridge English Dictionary' and the legendary 'Mornington Crescent'.

    home 2009

  • Regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer team up with Jeremy Hardy to do a multitude of silly things including 'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Uxbridge English Dictionary' and the legendary 'Mornington Crescent'.

    home 2009

  • Regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer team up with Jeremy Hardy to do a multitude of silly things including 'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Uxbridge English Dictionary' and the legendary 'Mornington Crescent'.

    home 2009

  • Regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer team up with Jeremy Hardy to do a multitude of silly things including 'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Uxbridge English Dictionary' and the legendary 'Mornington Crescent'.

    home 2009

  • Regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer team up with Jeremy Hardy to do a multitude of silly things including 'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Uxbridge English Dictionary' and the legendary 'Mornington Crescent'.

    home 2009

  • Regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer team up with Jeremy Hardy to do a multitude of silly things including 'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Uxbridge English Dictionary' and the legendary 'Mornington Crescent'.

    home 2009

  • Regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer team up with Jeremy Hardy to do a multitude of silly things including 'One Song to the Tune of Another', 'Uxbridge English Dictionary' and the legendary 'Mornington Crescent'.

    home 2009

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