cockneyism

cockneyism
/kok"nee iz'euhm/, n.
1. cockney quality or character.
2. a cockney peculiarity, as of speech.
[COCKNEY + -ISM]

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      the writing or the qualities of the writing of the 19th-century English authors John Keats (Keats, John), Percy Bysshe Shelley (Shelley, Percy Bysshe), William Hazlitt (Hazlitt, William), and Leigh Hunt (Hunt, Leigh). The term was used disparagingly by some contemporaries, especially the Scottish critic John Lockhart (Lockhart, John Gibson), in reference to the fact that these writers lived in, or were natives of, London, as the term cockney was a derogatory term for Londoners in general.

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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

  • 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

  • cockneyism — /ˈkɒkniɪzəm/ (say kokneeizuhm) noun 1. cockney quality or usage. 2. a cockney peculiarity, as of speech …  

  • cockneyism — nēˌizəm noun ( s) Etymology: cockney (I) + ism 1. a. : cockney manners, speech, or attitudes b. : the writing …   Useful english dictionary

  • cockney — noun (plural cockneys) Etymology: Middle English cokeney, literally, cocks egg, from coken (genitive plural of cok cock) + ey egg, from Old English ǣg Date: 14th century 1. obsolete a. a spoiled child …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 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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