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- proper noun A district of north
London , now part of Tower Hamlets - verb dated, UK To make a fiery, political speech
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Examples
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Moving his makeshift laboratory to a deserted pottery factory in Limehouse, he makes contact with the Doomsday menthe resurrectionistswhose grisly methods put Frankenstein in great danger as he works feverishly to bring life to the terrifying creature that will bear his name for eternity.
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In "The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack," gentlemen still wear top hats, carry sticks and visit their clubs; young ladies are expected to observe the Victorian proprieties; Limehouse is dirty and dangerous; and the London fog rolls in thicker than ever.
"The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack," steampunk by Mark Hodder Michael Dirda 2010
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Moving his makeshift laboratory to a deserted pottery factory in Limehouse, he makes contact with the Doomsday men – the resurrectionists – whose grisly methods put Frankenstein in great danger as he works feverishly to bring life to the terrifying creature that will bear his name for eternity.
Timur Bekmambetov to Direct Casebook of Victor Frankenstein? | /Film 2010
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One evening, having made ready at a friends house, I set out and wandered eastward till I landed up at a common lodging-house in Limehouse Cause-way.
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In April, it bought a UK-based hosted record keeping platform operator called Limehouse for $6.65 million.
iTnews Australia 2009
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a vast oblong cushion, between two hollows made by branches of a small stream, known as Limehouse creek.
The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856
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They held themselves rigid against the abrupt intensity of arm against arm, leg against leg; they’d left the Isle of Dogs behind them and reached the highway known as Limehouse Link before Helen could distance herself enough from the touch to speak.
Venom Joan Brady 2010
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These included a scrap of underworld flotsam called "Limehouse" and diverse personae, many in Hollywood-style Mandarin attire.
The Comics Journal Donald Phelps 2010
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These included a scrap of underworld flotsam called "Limehouse" and diverse personae, many in Hollywood-style Mandarin attire.
The Comics Journal Donald Phelps 2010
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These included a scrap of underworld flotsam called "Limehouse" and diverse personae, many in Hollywood-style Mandarin attire.
The Comics Journal Donald Phelps 2010
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