† cockneityn.
Obsolete. rare.
Cockney people.Apparently an isolated use by Carlyle; cf. note at rusticity n. 5.
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a1881 T. Carlyle in Cent. Mag. (1882) May 28/2 Two Irish gents..in the next compartment..; mixed rusticity or cockneity, not remembered, in the other.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019).
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n.a1881- to happen over
- to happen upon
- to hard a person's heart
- to hard meat
- to harden home
- to harden off
- to hardy off
- to harness
- to harp at
- to harp on one string
- to harp on one the etc string
- to harp on one the same string
- to harp on, upon,
- to harp on, upon, about
- to harp on, upon, of
- to harp upon, on , a, one, the same etc string
- to harp upon, on , a, one, the same string
- to harp upon, on of, a, one, the same etc string
- to harp upon, on of, a, one, the same string
- to harrow hell
- to harsh one's mellow
- to hash out
- to hash over
- to hasten slowly
- to hate a person's guts