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Britishry

Britishry noun: british attitudes and behaviours.

Noun

Britishry (uncountable)

  1. British attitudes and behaviours.
    • There is no more genuine Britishry in him than there is in the Anglo-maniac dude who turns up his trousers in New York because it is raining in London, you know.1898 May, Ernest E. Williams, “Our Christmas Plum-Puddings”, in The Windsor Magazine, volume VII, London: Ward, Lock & Company, Limited, →OCLC, column 1
    • […] belief in Parliament is commensurate with general Britishry since in all kinds of details (although not in essentials), the Australian system has many similarities with the British […]1985 Winter, Donald Horne, “Who Rules Australia?”, in Daedalus, volume 114, number 1, Cambridge, M.A.: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 175
  2. British people, collectively.
    • The fair Canadians may have been too kind in accepting the name and position of "muffins" from the young Britishry; but the latter cannot say they have suffered much in consequence. A muffin is simply a lady who sits beside the male occupant of the sleigh—Sola cum solo, "and all the rest is leather...1865, W[illiam] Howard Russell, Canada: Its Defenses, Condition, and Resources, London: Bradbury and Evans, page 149
    • Till Britishry and Bonapartists lose / Their clashing colours for the tawny hues / That twilight sets on all its stealing tinct imbues.1908, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, […], part third, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC, Act VI, scene viii, page 281

Examples of Britishry in a sentence

  • But there had been a good deal of the shiftless Irish in him, a love of drink and empty conviviality, balanced by accessions of ramrod Britishry, hair well trimmed, shoes well polished.1986, Anthony Burgess, Little Wilson and Big God, New York, N.Y.: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 193:
  • Even Prime Minister Robert Menzies swallowed his 'Britishry' and adapted Australia's foreign policy accordingly.2006, Ed Wright, History's Greatest Scandals: Shocking Stories of Powerful People, Millers Point, NSW: Pier 9, →ISBN, page 212:
  • The fair Canadians may have been too kind in accepting the name and position of "muffins" from the young Britishry; but the latter cannot say they have suffered much in consequence.1865, W[illiam] Howard Russell, Canada: Its Defenses, Condition, and Resources, London: Bradbury and Evans, page 149:

Origin of Britishry

From British + -ry.

Questions about Britishry

What does Britishry mean?
Britishry means british attitudes and behaviours.
How do you use Britishry in a sentence?
But there had been a good deal of the shiftless Irish in him, a love of drink and empty conviviality, balanced by accessions of ramrod Britishry, hair well trimmed, shoes well polished.
What part of speech is Britishry?
Britishry is a noun.

Words near Britishry in the dictionary

  1. Britishly
  2. Britishman
  3. Britishmen
  4. Britishness
  5. Britishnesses
  6. Britishry
  7. Britlish
  8. Britlit
  9. Britlyn
  10. Britnell
  11. Britney

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