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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

london particular

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables
lon-don -par-tic-u-lar
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spell of smog over the city of London, England.

British usage; Countable; Dated; Uncountable

noun

A thick pea-and-ham soup.

British usage; Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

Applied to the soup in a reversal of the idiom pea-soup fog.

Usage

Inflected Forms

London particulars (plural)

Questions

What does london particular mean?
A spell of smog over the city of London, England.
Where does london particular come from?
Applied to the soup in a reversal of the idiom pea-soup fog.

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