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  • noun UK Alternative capitalization of high street

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Examples

  • Cecil scowls as we take our seats in the wherry; Dee fidgets; only Walsingham appears unconcerned, but I see him looking back toward the High Street and catch the calculation in his gaze.

    Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

  • It wouldn't do to arrive at a demure cocktail party given by your boss or, worse still, if you are the boss wearing Gucci long when everyone else is in High Street short.

    Don We Now Our Gay Apparel Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • Live television rights had been bought in 46 countries that night and top whack paid by 337 exclusive closed-circuit outlets to worldwide cinemas – which, happily, included the wide and handsome Odeon in London's High Street, Kensington.

    The night I saw Muhammad Ali fight Joe Frazier – in Kensington | Frank Keating 2011

  • Cecil scowls as we take our seats in the wherry; Dee fidgets; only Walsingham appears unconcerned, but I see him looking back toward the High Street and catch the calculation in his gaze.

    Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

  • The Alcotts moved again to an even worse building on High Street, two blocks from the wharves.

    Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

  • Just at the time that Abba had concluded that her mission to help the poor in Boston had failed, the family was able to move out of the High Street slum and into far nicer rooms in a four-story brick house on Pinckney Street on the back side of Beacon Hill, near the dome of the Massachusetts State House.

    Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

  • Cardiff Print Workshop have moved into an empty shop in High Street arcade to showcase the work of their members.

    Slideshow: Cardiff Print Workshop 2010

  • A great pintThe First in Last Out, High Street, Old Town, Hastings (01424 425079), is a micro-brewery specialising in traditional ales and ciders.

    B&B review | Black Rock House, Hastings 2010

  • Floyds bar on High Street has been refused planning permission to change from a shop into a bar.

    Cardiff today: Hooters opening, Earthfall, Floyd's licence Hannah Waldram 2010

  • In a British airport or train station or High Street, just try to find coffee that is not branded as ethically traded.

    John Tepper Marlin: Green Edge 12: Sweatshops Don't Make Sense 2009

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