Edgware

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UK/ˈɛd͡ʒwɛə(ɹ)/

proper noun

A large suburb in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1992).

Less commonScrabble 12

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proper noun
  1. A large suburb in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1992).

    I’m not surprised that Rudd seizes on my accent – his parents were British Jews from Edgware and Surbiton, and while Rudd was born in New Jersey in 1969 and raised in the US, he was often in Britain as a kid to visit relatives in London’s less glamorous suburbs and Basingstoke.

    2015 July 9, Hadley Freeman, “Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood’s go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2018

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Edgware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edgware

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“Edgware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edgware. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Edgware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edgware.

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