a characteristic of speech or custom peculiar to cockneys
cockneyism in American English
(ˈkɑkniˌɪzəm)
noun
an idiom, pronunciation, quality, etc. characteristic of cockneys
cockneyism in American English
(ˈkɑkniˌɪzəm)
noun
1.
cockney quality or character
2.
a cockney peculiarity, as of speech
Word origin
[cockney + -ism]-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)