cockneyism

American  

[kok-nee-iz-uhm] / ˈkɒk niˌɪz əm /

noun

1. cockney quality or character.

2. a cockney peculiarity, as of speech.

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cockneyism British  

/ ˈkɒknɪˌɪzəm /

noun

1. a characteristic of speech or custom peculiar to cockneys

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Etymology

Origin of cockneyism

cockney + -ism

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Example Sentences

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cockneyism

I trudged up the Mont Cavalier, - it is a matter of five minutes, - and having committed this cockneyism en- hanced it presently by another.

From A Little Tour in France by Henry James

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

Orson had bewildered them further by a sort of cockneyism of misappropriated letters.

From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes

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

I trudged up the Mont Cavalier—it is a matter of five minutes—and having committed this cockneyism, enhanced it presently by another.

From A Little Tour of France by Joseph Pennell

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