Stepney

[ step-nee ]

/ ˈstɛp ni /

a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Tower Hamlets.

Example sentences from the Web for stepney

"I hope it may continue," said Mr. Stepney not without a touch of sadness in his voice.

The Angel of Terror |Edgar Wallace
"I saw nothing very striking at Stepney," is his first comment on the sphere he had chosen.

Stray Studies from England and Italy |John Richard Greene
Silk-weaving is still carried on in the district of Spitalfields (see Stepney).

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 |Various
On the evening of the day following the trial she stood beside the preacher at the window of their room in Stepney.

Into the Highways and Hedges |F. F. Montrsor (Frances Frederica)

The owner said that Stepney was the most profitable horse he ever owned.

The Land of the Kangaroo |Thomas Wallace Knox

stepney

/ (ˈstɛpnɪ) /

Indian a spare tyre

C20: from Stepney Street, Llanelli, the address of a tyre manufacturer