cockneyism

cockneyism
\\-nēˌizəm\ noun (-s)
Etymology: cockney (I) + -ism
1.
a. : cockney manners, speech, or attitudes
b. : the writing or the qualities of the writing especially the poetry of the 19th century English writers John Keats, Percy B. Shelley, William Hazlitt, and Leigh Hunt — used disparagingly by some contemporaries, especially the Scottish critic John Lockhart
2. : a feature of cockney dialect

cockneyisms found in London records


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  • cockneyism — [käk′nē iz΄əm] n. an idiom, pronunciation, quality, etc. characteristic of cockneys …   English World dictionary

  • cockneyism — noun see cockney …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • cockneyism — cock·ney·ism || kÉ‘knɪɪzm/ kÉ’k n. charasteristics or conduct of a cockney; idiom of a cockney …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cockneyism — cock·ney·ism …   English syllables

  • cockneyism — cock•ney•ism [[t]ˈkɒk niˌɪz əm[/t]] n. ling. peo a trait or feature, as of speech, characteristic of or peculiar to cockneys • Etymology: 1825–30 …   From formal English to slang

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  • cockneycality — noun /kɒknɪˈkælɪtɪ/ Something characteristically cockney; a cockneyism. Fragments of Haddington, of Comely Bank, of Craigenputtoch interweaved with cockneycalities into a very habitable whole …   Wiktionary

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