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Manˌhattaˈnese, n. and a.
[f. prec. + -ese.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of New York or Manhattan Island; usu. collect.; also, the dialect of New York.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to New York or Manhattan Island.
1828J. F. Cooper Notions Amer. I. 200 The New Yorkers (how much better is the word Manhattanese!) cherish the clumsy inconvenient entrances. 1842― Wing-and-Wing I. 11 Hundreds collected on the spot, which, in Manhattanese parlance, would probably have been called a battery. Ibid. 193 This gentleman was an American, and a native Manhattanese; his near relatives, of the same name, still residing in New York. 1844Knickerbocker XXIII. 586 The sound of India-crackers and the pleasant smell of lobsters is already perceptible to the senses of the awakening Manhattanese. 1875W. Whitman in Gentl. Mag. Dec. 706, I was Manhattanese, friendly, and proud. 1904Forum (N.Y.) Jan.–Mar. 410 ‘Her Own Way’..brings together a number of highly piquant Manhattanese types of to-day, sketched with captivating drollery. 1908S. Ford Side-Stepping with Shorty vi. 91 He drops the imitation society talk that he likes to spout, and switches to straight Manhattanese. 1909Nation (N.Y.) 9 Sept. 238/3 Perhaps the most amusing thing in the book is an interpolated story based on a difference of opinion between New Englanders and Manhattanese on the subject of doughnuts and crullers. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang § 181/5 Manhattanese, language peculiar to New Yorkers. |