A feature or style of speech or idiom characteristic of cockneys.
伦敦东区人的用语特点(或风格)
the programme gave idiotic cockneyisms national credence
mass noungetting a ticket for the match means feigning cockneyism
Example sentencesExamples
Forget the trouble and strife (and I know what that's a cockneyism for!) forget the chores and the deadlines, forget that the nose is at the grindstone!
He only offers that ‘dogs’ are US slang for feet, which doesn't help much as this is clearly a cockneyism.
She greets them with sweet singsong cockneyisms that bear no resemblance to her smoky Afro-American jazz singing voice.
This explanation is plausible but wrong; ‘captain’ is not a cockneyism.
Definition of cockneyism in US English:
cockneyism
nounˈkɑkniˌɪzəmˈkäknēˌizəm
A feature or style of speech or idiom characteristic of cockneys.
伦敦东区人的用语特点(或风格)
the program gave idiotic cockneyisms national credence
mass noungetting a ticket for the match means feigning cockneyism
Example sentencesExamples
He only offers that ‘dogs’ are US slang for feet, which doesn't help much as this is clearly a cockneyism.
She greets them with sweet singsong cockneyisms that bear no resemblance to her smoky Afro-American jazz singing voice.
This explanation is plausible but wrong; ‘captain’ is not a cockneyism.
Forget the trouble and strife (and I know what that's a cockneyism for!) forget the chores and the deadlines, forget that the nose is at the grindstone!