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单词 new yorkish
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New Yorkishadj.

Brit. /ˌnjuː ˈjɔːkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌn(j)u ˈjɔrkɪʃ/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name New York , -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of New York (see New York n.) + -ish suffix1.
Suggestive, characteristic, or typical of New York or New York culture; resembling New York.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in U.S.A. > New York
New York1711
west side1834
New Yorkish1838
Manhattanese1842
New Yorky1874
1838 J. F. Cooper Home as Found I. iv. 54 Edward Effingham has dinners enough, without keeping a debtor and credit account with his guests, which is rather too New-Yorkish, even for me.
1854 H. B. Stowe Sunny Memories Foreign Lands I. 17 Before us lies the great city of Liverpool. No old cathedral, no castles, a real New Yorkish place.
1894 W. D. Howells in Harper's Mag. May 822/2 The Nation was always more Bostonian than New-Yorkish by nature.
1929 A. M. Lindbergh Let. Nov. in Hour of Gold (1973) 110 But why couldn't you get a small modern house on the East River somewhere? An apartment seems cold and New Yorkish and fashionable.
1962 John o' London's 19 Apr. 385/3 That most New Yorkish of all musical comedies, Guys and Dolls.
1985 D. Duane Support your Local Wizard 195 Nita heard another voice saying it in the background, one with a more New Yorkish sound to it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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