lombard : Idioms & Phrases

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Lombard Street

  • noun a street in central London containing many of the major London banks
WordNet
  • the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London.
Webster 1913

lombard-house

Lom"bard-house, Lom"bar-house` (Also<
  • Lombard-house
  • Lombar-house
)
Etymology
F. or D. lombard. See Lombard, n.
Definitions
  1. A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
  2. A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piété.
Webster 1913