Yorkshireism
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Noun[edit]
Yorkshireism (plural Yorkshireisms)
- A word or phrase characteristic of the speech of Yorkshire, England.
- 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Shirley. A Tale. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC:
- I shall be sorry also to deprive you of Mr. Hall’s sincere friendly homily, with all its racy Yorkshireisms; but here I must stay.
- 1868, Sabine Baring-Gould, chapter 14, in Through Flood and Flame[1], volume 2, London: Richard Bentley, page 29:
- “Is there margin enough, think you? You see, it won’t do to be too tight, it’s a pity for an inch or two to be thrussen for room.” Mrs. Doldrums gave way to Yorkshireisms occasionally, not being a highly educated personage.