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Continong

Continong proper noun: "The Continent," mispronounced in the manner of a foreigner.

Proper noun

the Continong

  1. (colloquial, humorous) "The Continent," mispronounced in the manner of a foreigner.
    • She broke into a snatch of a burlesque ditty which used to be popular a good many years ago—"'The Continong, the Continong, oh, I am for the Continong!' And a good job, too! If I were to stay in England, you would be running off to meet me somewhere or other every ten days or so, and the cat would...1896, William Edward Norris, The Dancer in Yellow, D. Appleton and Company, page 17
    • May we be among those future “guets” whom this hotel is to “a commodate.” To culinary connoisseurs there are just two places on the Continong that may rival each other in a reputation for cuisine, […]1897 July 31, “There and Back with a Card”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CXIII, London: […] Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ld., […], page 41, column 1

Examples of Continong in a sentence

  • She broke into a snatch of a burlesque ditty which used to be popular a good many years ago—"'The Continong, the Continong, oh, I am for the Continong!' And a good job, too!1896, William Edward Norris, The Dancer in Yellow, D. Appleton and Company, page 17:
  • Our fine gentleman was off to catch the boat train to the Continong.1924 March, Agatha Christie, “The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman”, in Poirot Investigates, facsimile edition, London...
  • Likewise, in "The Continong" ("the Continent" as they imagine it to be pronounced by a Frenchman) Wigan is contrasted, this time more defensively, with the delights, foods, and smells of abroad.2018, Neil Washbourne, “Sexual and National Difference in the High-Speed, Popular Surrealism of Tommy Handley and Ronald Frankau's Double...

Questions about Continong

What does Continong mean?
Continong means "The Continent," mispronounced in the manner of a foreigner.
How do you use Continong in a sentence?
She broke into a snatch of a burlesque ditty which used to be popular a good many years ago—"'The Continong, the Continong, oh, I am for the Continong!' And a good job, too!
What part of speech is Continong?
Continong is a proper noun.

Words near Continong in the dictionary

  1. Contini
  2. continine
  3. continious
  4. Continis
  5. contino
  6. Continong
  7. Continos
  8. continua
  9. continuable
  10. continual
  11. continuality

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