Whitechapel
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English
Etymology
Named after a small chapel of ease dedicated to St Mary.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Whitechapel
- An urban area in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in east London, Greater London, England, traditionally a poor working-class neighbourhood. (OS grid ref TQ3481)
- 1898, Frank Thomas Bullen, The Cruise of the Cachalot:
- The first man I spoke to was Whitechapel to the backbone, plainly to be spotted as such as if it had been tattooed on his forehead. Making myself at home with him, I desired to know what brought him so far from the "big smoke," and on board a whaler of all places in the world.
- A hamlet in Goosnargh parish, Preston district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5541).
Derived terms
Noun
Whitechapel (plural Whitechapels)
- Short for Whitechapel cart.