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OLD BAILEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Old Bailey mean? 

OLD BAILEY (noun)
  The noun OLD BAILEY has 1 sense:

1. the central criminal court in Londonplay

  Familiarity information: OLD BAILEY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OLD BAILEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The central criminal court in London

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Old Bailey" is a kind of...):

criminal court (a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases)

Holonyms ("Old Bailey" is a part of...):

British capital; capital of the United Kingdom; Greater London; London (the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center)


 Context examples 


All the time he was jerking out these phrases he was stumping up and down the tavern on his crutch, slapping tables with his hand, and giving such a show of excitement as would have convinced an Old Bailey judge or a Bow Street runner.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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