Downing Street

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English

Etymology

Named for its founder, Sir George Downing.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Downing Street

  1. A street leading off Whitehall in Westminster, London containing the residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
  2. (metonymic, by extension) The British government.
  3. (loosely) Either 10 Downing Street or 11 Downing Street.
    • 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:
      For all his faults and grandstanding, however, Prescott genuinely cared - and his ambitious plans for tram schemes and railway extensions were stymied by lack of support from Downing Street.

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