单词 | cockneyish |
释义 | Cockneyishadj. Somewhat Cockney in character; reminiscent of a Cockney; esp. said or written in an accent or dialect resembling Cockney.In quot. 1819: typical of the ‘Cockney school’ of writers; see Cockney school n. at cockney n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [adjective] > born in London cockney1632 Cockneyish1819 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adjective] > of London cockney1632 Cockneyish1819 cockernee1976 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 74/1 Mr Hunt..talks of having gone up in a balloon—but there is something Cockneyish even in that object with all its beauty. 1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 2 Aug. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. vi. 355 My new acquaintance, who was cockneyish. 2000 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 20 Dec. (International News section) A characteristic of ‘estuary English’—the Cockneyish accent which is spreading across southeastern England. Derivatives ˈcockneyishly adv. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [adverb] > in manner of one born in London cockneyishly1822 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adverb] > of London cockneyishly1822 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 286 To hear (to speak cockneyishly) some God-bless-my-soul-good-sort-of-body say, etc. 2013 M. Reynolds World was all before Them (2014) 143 Charlotte said the French words cockneyishly, half-ironically. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1819 |
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