Fleet Street Definition
noun
Old street in central London, where several newspaper & printing offices are located.
Webster's New World
British journalism.
American Heritage
The London press.
Webster's New World
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pronoun
(by extension) English journalism or journalists as a group.
Wiktionary
A street in Westminster that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand, formerly the centre of English journalism.
Wiktionary
Origin of Fleet Street
After Fleet Street in central London, long the headquarters for many British newspaper publishers
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the (now underground) River Fleet, over which much of Fleet Street runs.
From Wiktionary
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