Bloomsbury

[ bloomz-buh-ree, -bree ]

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noun

a residential and academic district in London, N of the Thames and Charing Cross. Artists, writers, and students living there have given it a reputation as an intellectual center.

of or relating to a group of artists and writers who flourished in the early decades of the 20th century and were associated with the Bloomsbury section of London.
of, pertaining to, following, or imitating the cultural and intellectual pursuits, interests, or opinions characteristic of this group.

Bloomsbury

/ -brɪ; ˈbluːmzbərɪ /

a district of central London in the borough of Camden: contains the British Museum, part of the University of London, and many publishers' offices

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Speaking of the literature you love, the Bloomsbury writers crop up in your collection repeatedly.

In London, the group will do walking tours of the variously sexy, scandalous, and literary neighborhoods of Soho and Bloomsbury.

The charm of the house, much like the idea of Bloomsbury, is irresistible.

Each model clutched a Bloomsbury bag in one hand, all a variation on the new, hand-painted leather and suede piece.

As a historian, I have often had to contend with the question of how far to take the Bloomsbury approach.

Tanqueray stood still in the doorway and watched, as he had stood once in the doorway of the house in Bloomsbury, watching Rose.

Mansfield's house in Bloomsbury square was sacked and his splendid library, pictures, plate, and furniture destroyed.

Never had the Bloomsbury streets seemed so short, never the east side of the British Museum so few paces in length.

He dined silently and expeditiously at his club, and then made his way through the lighted streets to his lodgings in Bloomsbury.

We now walked along as composedly as we could, but it was not without difficulty that we found our way into Bloomsbury Square.

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