East end

name, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see east, end.
  2. 2
    The east end of London, generally regarded to be east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames. London, UK, colloquial

    "But O Cook, O Thomas Cook & Son,[…]with ease and celerity, could you send me to Darkest Africa or Innermost Thibet, but to the East End of London, barely a stone’s throw distant from Ludgate Circus, you know not the way!"

  3. 3
    A hamlet in Weedon parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8118).
  4. 4
    A region of Montreal island, Quebec, Canada.
  5. 5
    The eastern tip of Long Island, New York.
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  1. 6
    A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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