Limehouse
See also: limehouse
English edit
Etymology edit
The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Limehouse
- A district in eastern London, now part of Tower Hamlets.
Verb edit
Limehouse (third-person singular simple present Limehouses, present participle Limehousing, simple past and past participle Limehoused)
References edit
- OED 2nd edition 1989