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London-on-sea
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English
Alternative forms
en London-by-the-sea
Etymology
From its proximity to London, often seen as a desired destination for those wanting to move out of the metropolis.
Proper noun
en jocular en @nickname for:Brighton coastal city co/East Sussex cc/England.
en-GB w:Julie Burchill Brighton rocks The Guardian 1999-08-28 https://www.theguardian.com/travel/1999/aug/28/unitedkingdom1 0261-3077 Forget all those London-on-sea quips; Brighton's character is the complete opposite of the Smoke's. London is less a city than a repository of ambition, and living over the shop, as it were, makes people soul-sick after a while.