East End

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noun

a section of E London, England.

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How to use East End in a sentence

One of the most captivating narratives in “The Sound of the Sea” is that of the Samuel family of London’s East End, who in 1833 opened a small curio shop on the banks of the River Thames trading in “small Shells for Ladies’ Work.”
The human history found inside a seashell|Katharine Norbury|July 30, 2021|Washington Post
Color portraits published in The Sunday Times Magazine feature “East End Faces” (1968) made in pubs, clubs, gyms, and cafes.
David Bailey’s ‘Stardust’ Shows a Keen Eye for Fine Faces|Chloë Ashby|February 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1988, performance artist Marina Abramović started at the East end of The Great Wall of China and began walking west.
The Death of a Performance Artist|Justin Jones|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Each of the four main female characters in Witches of East End has their own fast-evolving and addicting storylines.
Lifetime’s ‘Witches of East End’ Is the Ultimate Witch Show|Anna Brand|November 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST

One in our New York City apartment, and one at our house in the East End of Long Island.
Louis Begley: How I Write|Noah Charney|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His other choices include a traditional pie and mash shop in the East End.
David Beckham: Visit Buckingham Palace|Tom Sykes|June 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A considerable reef projects off the east end for more than a mile.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
East End, the fashionable residence quarter of Pittsburgh, lies basking in the afternoon sun.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
The arch at the east end of the triforium on the south side, which opens out to the transept, is worthy of special notice.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey|Thomas Perkins
His face, which the East End had already stamped, had grown rosy, his eyes sparkled.
Marriage la mode|Mrs. Humphry Ward
Damme, where the patriots mustered on the eve of the Bruges Matins, is within a short hour's stroll from the east end of the town.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

British Dictionary definitions for East End

East End

noun

the East End a densely populated part of E London containing former industrial and dock areas, now extensively redeveloped for offices

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