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New ˈYorkese
[-ese.]
The regional form of English used in New York City. Cf. Manhattanese n.
1894Harper's Mag. Oct. 695/1 ‘Cafe’..is New Yorkese for dram-shop. 1935F. M. Ford Let. 11 Sept. (1965) 242 Perhaps it is the latest New Yorkese which, I know, is always welcome in Hampstead. 1951Trager & Smith Outl. Eng. Structure i. 23 The sequence /əy/ has always been known to him as ‘New Yorkese’ or ‘Brooklynese’. 1973E.-J. Bahr Nice Neighbourhood vii. 71 ‘So continue,’ said Don... He sometimes lapses into New Yorkese. |