Limehouse
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English
Etymology
The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Limehouse
- A district in eastern London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (OS grid ref TQ3681).
Verb
Limehouse (third-person singular simple present Limehouses, present participle Limehousing, simple past and past participle Limehoused)
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989