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Hoxtonian, n.|hɒkˈstəʊnɪən|
[f. Hoxton, the name of part of the borough of Shoreditch in London + -ian.]
A native or inhabitant of Hoxton; the variety of English spoken in Hoxton.
a1935T. E. Lawrence Mint (1950) ii. xxii. 159 Adam and Eve on a raft (Hoxtonian for fried eggs on toast). 1935G. Ingram Cockney Cavalcade xii. 197 The West End—a place entirely foreign to most Hoxtonians. |