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Londonwards
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English
Etymology
From en London wards.
Adverb
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Toward the city of London.
en 1898 H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds 50 Excited men came into the station about nine o'clock with incredible tidings, and caused no more disturbance than drunkards might have done. People rattling Londonwards peered into the darkness outside the carriage windows, and saw only a rare, flickering, vanishing spark dance up from the direction of Horsell
en 1951 John Wyndham The Day of the Triffids Penguin Books 1954 Harmondsworth 52 I stood there indecisively for a few minutes. Then I turned east, Londonwards.