the East Endnoun
uk/ˌiːst ˈend/us/ˌiːst ˈend/an area in the east of London
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- the wrong/other side of the tracks idiom
- town
- trading estate
- warren
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Examples from literature
- I am a stranger here, and I want you to tell me what you know of the East End, in order that I may have something to start on.
- It was generally impossible to lure him, on any pretext, from the East End and the House of Commons.
- Oh, it's just our slang name for a little music-hall that's just between the East End and the West End, with a corresponding programme.
- Well, sir, I was doing some work in the East End, in a certain foreign community, and I had to get away quickly, and so I jumped into a motor-van that happened to be passing.
- What should he tell his sister of that adventure of his in the slums of the East End?