old lady of threadneedle street
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English
40
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""[…] Suppose we duplicate actual numbers that are out in circulation, and perhaps hold over the originals? We can triplicate, quadruple, multiply by a hundred times if it suits our purpose." "Well, by hokey that's an idea," admitted simple George Larch. "Why, they'd have to pay out on all that come in then or risk repudiating their own paper. It's lucky for the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street that we aren't in the wholesale business.""
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street (canonical)