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East End

Proper noun

Meaning

A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see east,‎ end.

(colloquial, UK, chiefly London) The east end of London, generally regarded to be east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames.
Coordinate term: West End

A region of Montreal island, Quebec, Canada

The eastern tip of Long Island, New York.
Meronyms: Hamptons, South Fork, North Fork
Holonyms: Long Island, Suffolk County

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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East-end

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Examples

I am glad we have been bombed. Now we can look the East End in the eye. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance. Eddie Marsan

Dad was the first man I fell in love with. He was a very funny man. He grew up in the East End of London and was very dynamic, and I understood why my mother fell in love with him. Patsy Kensit

I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week. James Herbert

Times were very hard if you were a poor, politically correct Jewish girl living in the east end of London during the Blitz and you were trying to eke out a living as a hairdresser. Linda Grant

I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion. Eddie Marsan

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