noun
Etymology
Origin of cockneyism
Example Sentences
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The angler of that ilk fifty years ago, as I can well remember, for all his cockneyism, worked hard for his sport, and enjoyed a fair amount of it.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William
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
But in the form of its expression it exemplified that illusion of metropolitanism which is to my mind the veriest cockneyism in disguise, and which cannot but strike Americans as either ridiculous or offensive.
From America To-day, Observations and Reflections by Archer, William
He was not a coward, if his cockneyism had lured him after snipe; but he was unable to determine what kind of people the Puddlefordians were.
From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.
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
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