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Cockneydom
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English
Etymology
From en Cockney dom.
Noun
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en archaic The home or region of Cockneys i.e. London
Cockneys, collectively.
en The Lord Mayor in Ireland The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities 2nd Series London John Camden Hotten,74 & 75, Piccadilly; New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Welford and Co. 1850 316 https://books.google.com/books?id=8akLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA316 977496572 Then to win the hearts of his new subjects the King of Cockneydom would, doubtlessly, have spoken in the richest brogue he could manage.
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