London meaning
ends
A person's neighbourhood, local area, or home district.
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Meaning
Ends means the neighbourhood or local area a person comes from, lives in, or identifies with. In London speech it often carries a sense of local belonging rather than merely describing a geographic boundary.
Pronunciation and grammar
/ɛndz/ · plural noun
Variants: the ends
Informal London and wider British urban speech.
How it is used
Speakers may say they are in their ends, going back to their ends, or know someone from particular ends.
Examples
Local: I'm heading back to my ends.
Plain English: I'm going back to my neighbourhood.
Local: Do you know anyone from those ends?
Plain English: Do you know anyone from that local area?
Important context
The word does not necessarily imply an estate, gang territory, or deprived area. Those associations depend entirely on context.