Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

Isle of Dogs

So called from being the receptacle of the greyhounds of Edward III. Some say it is a corruption of the Isle of Ducks, and that it is so called in ancient records from the number of wild fowl inhabiting the marshes.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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