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UK seat of government
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downing street
Word definitions for downing street in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Downing Street in London, United Kingdom, has for more than three hundred years housed the official residences of two of the most senior British Cabinet ministers: the First Lord of the Treasury , an office now synonymous with that of Prime Minister of ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
short street in London, named for British diplomat Sir George Downing (c.1624-1684). It contains the residence of the prime minister (at Number 10), hence its metonymic use for "the British government," attested from 1781.
Usage examples of downing street.
In ten days the Americans would have their arms-reduction treaty, the Krem-lin its grain and technology, the service its thanks and gratitude from Downing Street and the White House alike.
That is why I sent - that is why I asked you to go along to Downing Street.
You can do that from the White House, but not from Downing Street.
On their small screen they saw the Prime Minister standing on the steps of 10 Downing Street in a neat blue suit, facing a horde of press and television crews.
In accordance with tradition she would return to Downing Street immediately afterward to make a public statement.
So Greg reckoned that if the Americans wouldn't hand them over to the Alliance, they were even more unlikely to give one to the urban predator gang which claimed to have smuggled it into Downing Street.