Piccadilly
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[edit] Etymology
From Pickadilly Hall, a house belonging to tailor Robert Baker, from piccadilly (a product in which he specialized), a form of piccadill (“‘a type of lace collar’”), possibly from conjectured Spanish *picadillo, from picado (“‘punctured, pierced’”); compare 17th century Spanish picadura (“‘a similar lace collar’”).
Piccadilly attested from 1743; previously the area was called Portugal, and the street Portugal Street (1692), after Catherine of Braganza.
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Piccadilly
- (in London) Picadilly street, a street running from Hyde Park Corner to Piccadilly Circus
- (in London) the surrounding area
