Threadneedle Street

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A street in London, running from Poultry and Lombard Street to Bishopsgate; the site of the Bank of England.
  2. The Bank of England.

Word forms

Threadneedle Street

Etymology

Corruption of "three needle", from the arms of the Needle-makers' Company. Influenced by threading a needle.

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