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Piccadilly

Piccadilly

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The main train station in Manchester where many trains arrive and depart
  • proper noun
  • /ˌpɪkəˈdɪli/
: Piccadilly
  • If you're arriving in Manchester, look for the signs to Piccadilly station.

Examples

  • A week later, one of my other guys at Manchester Piccadilly train station, exactly the same thing.

  • You know Piccadilly train station, you got these trains, they going in every fucking half an hour, all the time.

    D-Day Assassins (2019)

  • This station serves the Piccadilly, Circle, and District Lines.

    Blog text (8)

  • Removed to Royal Bathers' Club, Piccadilly.

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

  • This is a Piccadilly line service to Heathrow terminals one, two, three and five.

    Like Crazy (2011)

  • Brasserie Zedel, which is just outside one of the exits of Piccadilly station, is a little taste of Paris in central London.

    Blog text (22)

  • I will meet you at Piccadilly train station at 5 PM.

  • Trains to London leave regularly from Piccadilly station in Manchester.

Surface Forms

Piccadilly main

Etymology

Piccadilly (the Manchester station) is named after the local area called Piccadilly, and that place name originally comes from the old word piccadill for a 'stiff lace collar' sold by a tailor. So the station's name simply comes from the place name.