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SCOTLAND YARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The detective department of the metropolitan police force of London
Synonyms:
New Scotland Yard; Scotland Yard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Scotland Yard" is a kind of...):
constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)
Context examples:
I have said this several times to the gentleman from Scotland Yard, but he simply laughs at me.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This gentleman, Mr. Staunton’s friend, was referred to me by Scotland Yard.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
That is what Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, looks upon as so serious.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Finally we found our way to Scotland Yard.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The alarm had reached Scotland Yard by this time, and Mr. Forbes, the detective, came round at once and took up the case with a great deal of energy.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Thence he drove to Scotland Yard, but, instead of entering, he sat in his cab with his brows drawn down, lost in profound thought.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Nothing could be more natural than the sequence of events as narrated by this lady, and nothing stranger than the result when viewed, for instance, by Mr. Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Gregson climbed the stair to arrest this desperate murderer with the same absolutely quiet and businesslike bearing with which he would have ascended the official staircase of Scotland Yard.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You must come back with us to Scotland Yard to be searched.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We’re not jealous of you at Scotland Yard.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
