Corkonian

UK/kɔːˈkəʊ.ni.ən/US/kɔɹˈkoʊ.ni.ən/

Corkonian adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of Cork.

Adjective

Corkonian (comparative more Corkonian, superlative most Corkonian)

(Ireland) Of, relating to, or characteristic of Cork.
- But there is nothing malevolent in the Corkonian mode of levying toll upon old residents and new comers; […] priests with frowning faces, and queer-looking little boys with funny ones, and a miscellaneous lot of noisy patriots always going to shout and hear others shout at “the meeting,” are...1852 July, “The Corkonians, Past and Present”, in The Dublin University Magazine, […], volume XL, number CCXXXV, Dublin: James McGlashan, […]; London: W[illia]m S[omerville] Orr, →OCLC, page 120...
- Then every one was complaining about the high price of labor, and it was supposed that a Chinese “nurseman,” at two dollars and a half a month, would be a decided improvement over a French bonne with watery eyes and a Corkonian accent, and that a cook who could make at least tolerable dishes at...1879 April, David D. Porter, “The Chinese in America—Present and Future, Etc.”, in The United Service. A Quarterly Review of Military and Naval Affairs., volume I, number II, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lewis...

Corkonian (plural Corkonians)

(Ireland) A native or inhabitant of Cork.
- Vivacious and versatile, beyond the average even of Irishmen, the Corkonians mingle raillery with their hospitality, and cut up cattle and human nature with a trenchant ease and constant energy, as if they had taken a government contract to victual the State with beef and satire, fresh jokes and...1852 July, “The Corkonians, Past and Present”, in The Dublin University Magazine, […], volume XL, number CCXXXV, Dublin: James McGlashan, […]; London: W[illia]m S[omerville] Orr, →OCLC, pages 119–120
- To the sellers in the market, to the barmen and barmaids, to the beggars who importuned him for a lob Mr Dedalus told the same tale, that he was an old Corkonian, that he had been trying for thirty years to get rid of his Cork accent up in Dublin and that Peter Pickackafax beside him was his eldest...1916, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 105

When I put this to her, her reply is modest, and typically Corkonian: “Ah, will ye stop.”2012 July 4, Valerie O’Sullivan, “From Reenaree to Buramino … with lots of love from Mary T [Murphy]”, in The Kerryman, North & West Kerry...
Well may you, Corkonians, and your children, glory in the fellowship of such men!1934 May 31, Daniel F[lorence] Cohalan, quotee, “Two Sons of ‘Rebel Cork’: [Tim] Healy and [Michael] Collins; Judge Cohalan’s Fine...

From Cork + -onian (in, e.g., Devonian, Oxonian, Ultonian).

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What does Corkonian mean?: Corkonian means of, relating to, or characteristic of Cork.
How do you use Corkonian in a sentence?: When I put this to her, her reply is modest, and typically Corkonian: “Ah, will ye stop.”
What part of speech is Corkonian?: Corkonian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Corkonian?: Corkonian is pronounced /kɔːˈkəʊ.ni.ən/ (UK).

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