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Underground

proper nouncommon in dialogue

The London Underground.

proper noun

  1. 1

    The London Underground.

    Although some of the stations on ' The Branch ' have not, as yet, suffered any considerable structural alterations, all are now equipped with the familiar Underground type name boards, and as a result the imposing titles of G.N. days have been ruthlessly curtailed.

    Heathrow has a 28% share of passengers arriving by rail, two-thirds of whom come by the Underground.

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