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Downing Street
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Downing Street, Westminster, London, England. On the street are the British Foreign Office and, at No. 10, the residence of the first lord of the Treasury, who is usually (although not necessarily) the prime minister of Great Britain. Since nearly all prime ministers from the time of Robert Walpole (18th cent.) have lived at No. 10, it has come to designate the British government.
Downing Street
1. a street in W central London, in Westminster: official residences of the British prime minister and the chancellor of the exchequer
2. Informal the prime minister or the British Government


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Blair, the 43-year-old leader of the Labor Party, entered 10 Downing St.
Dressed in a pink shirt and light patterned tie, Major made his announcement in front of his official residence at 10 Downing St.
A wartime fling with railroad scion Harriman - while she was living with her father-in-law at 10 Downing St.
 
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