Bakerloo
//beɪkɚˈlu// name
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Definitions
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."
Example
More examples"It was the Evening News, I know, which had a competition for naming one of the Tube lines. Hence our Bakerloo."
Etymology
Blend of Baker Street + Waterloo.
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