London Ordinary
London Ordinary was a cheeky Victorian-era British slang term for the beach at Brighton — a winking jab at the fact that so many Londoners flooded down to the seaside resort that it practically became an extension of the capital.
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London Ordinary was a cheeky Victorian-era British slang term for the beach at Brighton — a winking jab at the fact that so many Londoners flooded down to the seaside resort that it practically became an extension of the capital. Brighton's crowds were so dominated by day-trippers from London that calling it the 'London Ordinary' captured the joke perfectly: there was nothing particularly local or exclusive about it. Obsolete today, but a fun window into how Victorians roasted their own city's habits.
He'd gone down expecting fresh sea air but found the London Ordinary packed wall to wall with familiar faces.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) The beach at Brighton.
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