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Cockneydom

Cockneydom noun: the home or region of Cockneys i.e. London.

Noun

Cockneydom (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The home or region of Cockneys i.e. London
  2. Cockneys, collectively.
    • Then to win the hearts of his new subjects the King of Cockneydom would, doubtlessly, have spoken in the richest brogue he could manage.1850, “The Lord Mayor in Ireland”, in The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities (2nd Series), London: John Camden Hotten, […]...

Origin of Cockneydom

From Cockney + -dom.

Questions about Cockneydom

What does Cockneydom mean?
Cockneydom means the home or region of Cockneys i.e. London.
What part of speech is Cockneydom?
Cockneydom is a noun.

Words near Cockneydom in the dictionary

  1. Cockneian
  2. cockney
  3. Cockney rhyming slang
  4. cockneycalities
  5. cockneycality
  6. Cockneydom
  7. Cockneyese
  8. cockneyess
  9. cockneyesses
  10. cockneyfication
  11. cockneyfications

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