Meaning of Piccadilly | Babel Free

Definitions

1. piccadill
   obsolete
2. Piccadilly, a street running from Hyde Park Corner to Piccadilly Circus.
3. The surrounding area.
4. Manchester Piccadilly station, the main railway station in Manchester.
5. The Piccadilly Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.
6. A number of places elsewhere:
7. A suburb of Swinton, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4598).
8. A village in Kingsbury parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England, named after Piccadilly in London (OS grid ref SP2298).
9. A hamlet in Beechingstoke parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0959).
10. A small town in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
11. A suburb of Kalgoorlie, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.
12. A community in Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.
13. A community in Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Inn that I speak of is about the Middle of Piccadilly upon the left hand.”

“Though the Philistines may jostle, you will rank as an apostle in the high aesthetic band - If you walk down Piccadilly with a poppy or a lily in your mediaeval hand.”

“Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square - It's a long, long way to Tipperary But my heart's right there.”

“Valentine Dawes, a Quaker, living in Aier-street in the Piccadilly, being for many years troubled with the Falling-Sickness, was perfectly cured; and thereupon presently became a Roman Catholick.”

“Why Piccadilly? The Piccadilly Line was originally the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) which was shortened to Piccadilly in practice. Running under the main road between Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly made sense and was also the most well-known location in the original company name.”

CEFR level