Bakerloo

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UK/beɪkəˈluː/US/beɪkɚˈlu/

proper noun

The Bakerloo Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The Bakerloo Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway.

    It was the Evening News, I know, which had a competition for naming one of the Tube lines. Hence our Bakerloo.

    1945 July and August, John Gibbons, “Thirty Years of The Railway Magazine”, in Railway Magazine, page 228

Origin

Blend of Baker Street + Waterloo.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Bakerloo

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Bakerloo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bakerloo

MLA

“Bakerloo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bakerloo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bakerloo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bakerloo.

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