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单词 new yorky
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New Yorkyadj.

Brit. /ˌnjuː ˈjɔːki/, U.S. /ˌn(j)u ˈjɔrki/
Forms: 1800s– New-Yorky, 1900s– New Yorky, 1900s– New York-y.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name New York , -y suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of New York (see New York n.) + -y suffix1. Compare earlier New Yorkish adj.
= New Yorkish adj.
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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
1874 Atlantic Monthly July 11/1 Rhode Island is a small State, but there's a great deal of wealth there, and very good society in Providence. It's quite New-Yorky, you know.
1908 E. Wharton Hermit & Wild Woman 150 To be compared to her! to be accused of being ‘New-Yorky’!
1963 Guardian 25 Jan. 6/6 The ‘Partisan’, New York-y too, but out of a cosmopolitan liberal intelligentsia.
1973 R. L. Simon Big Fix (1974) ix. 66 The accent was nasal and New Yorky, the voice scratchy.
1987 J. Morris Manhattan '45 vi. 219 We will stay at the Plaza, because if it is not the jazziest, or the most modern, or even the most expensive hotel in Manhattan, it is we are told the New Yorkiest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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