Docklandn.
/ˈdɒkland//ˈdɒklənd/ A name, originally journalistic, for the districts about the London docks.
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1904 Daily Chron. 21 Sept. 6/2 Clarkson-street School..is situated in the heart of Dockland.
1922 Weekly Disp. 19 Nov. 8 For him there is glamour even in the mean streets of dockland.
1922 Daily Mail 12 Dec. 7 The Dockland Mission, formerly known as the Malvern Mission, in Canning Town.
1929 Times 7 Feb. 9/4 His work there won the whole-hearted love and devotion of Dockland.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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