Crossword clues for downing street
downing street
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.
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 the United Kingdom; and the Second Lord of the Treasury, an office held by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Prime Minister's official residence is 10 Downing Street; the Chancellor's official residence is next door at Number 11. The government's Chief Whip has an official residence at Number 12, although the current Chief Whip's residence is at Number 9.
Downing Street is in Whitehall in central London, a few minutes' walk from the Houses of Parliament and a little further from Buckingham Palace. The street was built in the 1680s by Sir George Downing on the site of a mansion, Hampden House. The houses on the south side of the street were demolished in the 19th century to make way for government offices now occupied by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. "Downing Street" is used as a metonym for the Government of the United Kingdom.
Downing Street may be:
- Downing Street, Cambridge, England.
- Downing Street, London, England.
- Downing Street, Penang, Malaysia
- Downing Street School, a historic school at 92 Downing Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- 10 Downing Street, official residence of the British Prime Minister.
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.