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Isle of Dogs
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What does Isle of Dogs mean?
proper noun
- A peninsula (not a true island) formed by a large meander in the River Thames in East London, England.
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It was situated on what was then well known as the Queen's Island; but now, like the Isle of Dogs, it has been attached by reclamation.
The Isle of Dogs, now devoted to purposes of commerce, received its name from its having been, at this period, the receptacle of the greyhounds and spaniels of this monarch.