Cockneydom

English

Etymology

From Cockney +‎ -dom.

Noun

Cockneydom (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The home or region of Cockneys i.e. London
  2. Cockneys, collectively.
    • 1850, “The Lord Mayor in Ireland”, in The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities (2nd Series), London: John Camden Hotten, []; New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Welford and Co., →OCLC, page 316:
      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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