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Hullish

Hullish proper noun: the dialect of English spoken in Hull, Yorkshire.

Proper noun

Hullish

  1. The dialect of English spoken in Hull, Yorkshire.
    • Why can't things just be simple, like where you would have, say, a county like Somerset, [...]. Anyway, if Hull is going to stay not part of a county, I say what I said before, make it a completely independant^([sic]) country [...]. You could even develop your own language - Hullish. Your...2002 November 12, Eddykins, “(Off Topic) Gas-Board etc.”, in alt.silly.little.newsgroup (Usenet)
    • > Perhaps Gran was speaking dialect? That's just as proper. After all,
      > Wisbech museum is in the Fens!
      Gran spoke a fine, clear East Hullish!2003 September 13, "RR" (initially quoting "Liz"), “Bring back OMO!”, in uk.education.staffroom (Usenet)

Adjective

Hullish (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Hull.
    • Oooo, a Hullish Helen - hello :)2001 December 11, "tuppence", The Staff Room Web Ring Welcomes, uk.education.staffroom, replying to "Helen Tatterton" from Hull
    • Dara will have left, I hope, with a newfound conviction that Irish is the Hullish vernacular of choice.2012, David Wheatley, Vacuous and Unknown, in Sketches, Dispatches, Hull Tales and Ballads: the Humber Writers celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens

Examples of Hullish in a sentence

  • You could even develop your own language - Hullish.2002 November 12, Eddykins, “(Off Topic) Gas-Board etc.”, in alt.silly.little.newsgroup (Usenet):
  • The canals, compost heaps, and tenfoots (Hullish for laneway) of O'Brien's poems recall the mouldy suburban landscapes of Raymond Briggs's Fungus the Bogeyman, and no less than in Briggs.2013, The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, →ISBN:
  • I remember those happy Hullish years fondly.2014, Mark Batty, A Heart Still in Hull: Huddled Together: Drama 50: Fifty years of Hull University Drama Department:

Origin of Hullish

From Hull + -ish.

Questions about Hullish

What does Hullish mean?
Hullish means the dialect of English spoken in Hull, Yorkshire.
How do you use Hullish in a sentence?
You could even develop your own language - Hullish.
What part of speech is Hullish?
Hullish can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Hullish in the dictionary

  1. Hullia
  2. Hullias
  3. hulling
  4. Hullinger
  5. Hullingers
  6. Hullish
  7. hullo
  8. hulloa
  9. hulloaed
  10. hulloaing
  11. hulloas

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