Wormwood Scrubs

proper noun

An open space in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2281).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An open space in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2281).

    Of course, not all the Railway Members were men of such talent. One member was "chiefly eminent as a whist player," and another was known for his duel with a fellow M.P. fought at Wormwood Scrubs in 1840.

    1960 March 29, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 209
  2. A prison (HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs) on the south side of the open space.
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