Английский Этимологический словарь - scotland yard
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Scotland yard
scotland yard
- short street off Whitehall, London; until 1890 headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Force, hence, the force itself, especially the detective branch.
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~ n BrE the part of the London police that deals with serious crimes, or their main office ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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noun Etymology: ~, street in London, formerly the headquarters of the metropolitan police Date: 1864 the detective department of the London metropolitan police ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. 2 its Criminal Investigation Department. Etymology: Great and New Scotland Yard, streets where it was successively situated until 1967 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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