cockneycality

English

Etymology

cockney +‎ -c- +‎ -ality

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kŏknĭkăʹlĭtĭ, IPA^(key): /kɒknɪˈkælɪtɪ/

Noun

cockneycality (plural cockneycalities)

1. (nonce word) Something characteristically cockney; a cockneyism.
   • 1834–1835: Jane Welsh Carlyle, Early Letters, page 263 (published in 1889)

     Fragments of Haddington, of Comely Bank, of Craigenputtoch interweaved with cockneycalities into a very habitable whole.

References

• “cockneyˈcality” defined as a derived term of “cockney, n. (a.)”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]