noun
Etymology
Origin of cockneyism
Example Sentences
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About midday on the fourth day we halted at the Mission of the White Dog, a spot which some more than heathen missionary had named Islington in a moment of virtuous cockneyism.
From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by Butler, William Francis
Such paltry ridicule will have wounded deeper than the severest criticisms, particularly as he regarded what is called the cockneyism of the coterie with so much disgust.
From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael
It is a cockneyism; and if you have fallen into the habit, it will require perhaps more perseverance than you imagine, to correct it.
From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous
The novel might, it is true, savor a little of Parisian cockneyism.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
In one instance he is guilty of the barbarous cockneyism of using the word party as an equivalent for person.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various
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