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Definition:an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in London and the world.[...]text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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One afternoon, a month later, Dorian Gray was reclining in a luxurious arm-chair, in the little library of Lord Henry's house in Mayfair.
Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
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He picked up the telephone, and in an assumed voice rich with Mayfair accents said, “Yus?”
John Kennedy Toole. A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
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