PIGEON (n.) Grey bird often seen in Trafalgar Square whose purpose is to entertain tourists, a bird that doth make an excellent pie.

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MADAME TUSSAUDS (n.) Curious collection of waxen heads displayed for publik entertainment, once featuring guillotined aristocrats.

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SHAFTESBURY AVENUE (n.) Sinuous bridleway twixt Piccadilly Circus and St. Giles that doth have upon it six theatrical emporiums populated by bewildered tourists.

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