cockneyism

noun

cock·​ney·​ism ˈkäk-nē-ˌi-zəm 

plural -s

1

a

: cockney manners, speech, or attitudes

b

: the writing or the qualities of the writing especially the poetry of the 19th century English writers John Keats, Percy B. Shelley, William Hazlitt, and Leigh Hunt

—used disparagingly by some contemporaries, especially the Scottish critic John Lockhart

2

: a feature of cockney dialect

cockneyisms found in London records

Word History

Etymology

cockney entry 1 + -ism

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