subs. phr. (common).—Middlesex Street, E.: a well-known rendezvous of old-clothes dealers, mostly Jews. [In Yiddish = PILOMET = the initials (in Hebrew) P. L. Also Dover-street, Piccadilly, the seat of the Court milliner.
1887. W. T. EADY, I. D. B., 252. ‘Ay, vi, what do you think’?’ ejaculated Soloman, falling back on PILOMET for his expletives.
1901. Daily Telegraph, 9 Nov., 5, 5. The dovecotes of PETTICOAT-LANE, as Dover-street is now called, and its vicinity are fluttered by rumours of a great invasion of London during the Coronation festivities by representatives of French firms.
