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Dockland, dockland|ˈdɒklænd, -lənd| A name, originally journalistic, for the districts about the London docks.
1904Daily Chron. 21 Sept. 6/2 Clarkson-street School..is situated in the heart of Dockland. 1922Weekly Dispatch 19 Nov. 8 For him there is glamour even in the mean streets of dockland. 1922Daily Mail 12 Dec. 7 The Dockland Mission, formerly known as the Malvern Mission, in Canning Town. 1929Times 7 Feb. 9/4 His work there won the whole-hearted love and devotion of Dockland. |