单词 | cockneycality |
释义 | cockneycalityn. rare. Something regarded as characteristic or typical of Cockneys or of the East End of London.Only attested in plural. ΚΠ 1834 J. W. Carlyle Let. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VII. 251 Fragments of Haddington, of Comely Bank, of Craigenputtoch interweaved with co[c]kneycalities into a very habitable whole. 1892 Era 30 July 14/1 Mr Elvin's antics..may be better imagined than described. His ‘cockneycalities’ are thoroughly understood at the halls, and both gods and stallites at the Standard joined in the hearty laughter that was incessant on the night of which we are now writing. 1939 T. Scudder Jane Welsh Carlyle xiii. 142 When the family purse allowed it, she could add furniture of London make—supplementing her own old, handsome, weighty pieces with such cockneycalities as might from time to time be needed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834 |
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