Definition of Cockneyism
1. n. The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.
Definition of Cockneyism
1. Noun. The characteristics, manners, or dialect of a Cockney. ¹
2. Noun. A Cockney phrase or idiom. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cockneyism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockneyism
Literary usage of Cockneyism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on Board an American Frigate by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1853)
"The Ionian Isles—Lord and Lady Nugent—Corfu'—Greek and English Soldiers—cockneyism—The
Gardens of Alcinous—English Officers— Albanians — Dionisio Salomos, ..."
2. Out and about London by Thomas Burke (1919)
"TRAGEDY AND cockneyism THE Cockney is popularly supposed to stand for the fixed
type of the ... cockneyism."
3. The Oxonian in Norway: Or, Notes of Excursions in that Country in 1854-1855 by Frederick Metcalfe (1856)
"... will not find in Norway — Parisian cockneyism and Piscatorial Heresies—The
Delights of Norway—The Waterfalls — Incidents of the Voyage — The Jealousy of ..."
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