Etymology

limehouse

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limehouse · noun1

From lime + house.

Limehouse · proper noun, verb2

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.

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