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Bow Street [boh] Examples noun
- a street in London, England: location of a metropolitan police court.
Examples from the Web for bow street Historical Examples of bow street
The ferret was in the burrow,—a Bow-Street officer in the court!
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Go in a little while after to Bow-street, or Portugal-street.
J. Ewing Ritchie
It was no longer Bow-street, it was a million of men in arms against me.
William Godwin
Brocard repeated his statement, on oath, at Bow-street, and Mr. Alley’s cross-examination failed to shake his testimony.
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIII.–April, 1852.–Vol. IV.
Various
A washerwoman lived next door, and a Bow-Street officer lived over the way.
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete
John Forster