Hampstead

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English hām (homestead) + stede (place). Doublet of Hempstead.

Proper noun[edit]

Hampstead

  1. An affluent suburban area in the borough of Camden, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2685).
  2. A village in Dominica.
  3. A town in Maryland.
  4. A town in New Hampshire.
  5. A census-designated place in North Carolina.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Hampstead Heath.

Noun[edit]

Hampstead (plural Hampsteads)

  1. shortened form of Hampstead Heath: teeth (Cockney rhyming slang).
    That geezer knocked out his bloody Hampsteads, he did!

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