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Harley Street

noun

A street in central London where the consulting rooms of many physicians and surgeons are located.

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"Harley Street" Quotes from Famous Books

... he answered. "It looks like, a mental case, doesn't it? And yet——You see, Fish has had so many specialities. He was in practice in Harley Street as a nerve man. Then, next thing, one hears of him in heart surgery. He's had a go at electricity lately. And between you and me—he's a great man, of course—but if it wasn't for his position and all that, we'd be calling ...

— The Second Class Passenger • Perceval Gibbon

... lived in Harley Street, which he had no sooner reached than he guessed that must be the house, mid-way down. For a stream of light expanded wedge-wise from the door, which was flung open as a carriage drew up to the kerbstone. Everett calculated he should ...

— The Argosy - Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 • Various

... I've got to run on without you, dear. Thank God you're not the sort to get huffy about it, and want me dancing attendance on you. A man with a man's job to do can't have time for the softness of women about him: he can't stop to look to right or left! But when I'm in Harley Street—well there! No more decayed castles or wooden ...

— Captivity • M. Leonora Eyles

Words linked to "Harley Street" : London, British capital, Greater London, street, capital of the United Kingdom