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Limehouse

[ lahym-hous ]

noun

  1. a dock district in the East End of London, England, once notorious for its squalor: formerly a Chinese quarter.


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Pyne lowered two of the collapsible seats for Kilfane and himself, and the party set out for Limehouse.

We did also call at Limehouse to view two Busses that are building, that being a thing we are now very hot upon.

And then he tells of a visit to the Limehouse district—a visit made solely for the purpose of finding trouble.

We came at last to Limehouse, where she was to be dry-docked.

When they got into the neighborhood of Limehouse George got outside to direct the cabman.

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