London Town

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English

Etymology

From London +‎ Town. Compare Old English Lundentūn (literally London town).

Proper noun

London Town

  1. (UK, chiefly London, traditional or poetic) London, predominantly the central fifteen or so boroughs.
    • 1906, Sarah Stone Williams, The Man from London Town, page 5:
      There was a man from London Town, Who was so very wise, He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes.
    • 2012, Richard Monaco, Lost Years: The Quest for Avalon:
      The last other black face she'd seen had been at a tournament in London Town where her lord's son had fought.
    • 2014, George M. Goritz, Shakespeare, Wall Street and My Arabian Nights Adventures, page 36:
      To be in London Town on a Sunday morning is to be awakened by the music of many church bells, which provides an extraordinary experience in itself.
    • 2014, E. Nesbit, Fairy Tales for Young Readers:
      So it went on for a long time—hunger and poverty for poor Dick, with nothing but his dreams of London Town to give him happiness.