Limehouse

Meanings

Proper Noun

• district in eastern city, London, now part of Tower Hamlets.

Verb

• To make a fiery political speech.

Origin

• The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909.