Cockneydom

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noun

The home or region of Cockneys i.e. London

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Meanings

nounCockneydom (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableThe home or region of Cockneys i.e. London
  2. uncountableCockneys, collectively.

    Then to win the hearts of his new subjects the King of Cockneydom would, doubtlessly, have spoken in the richest brogue he could manage.

    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

Origin

From Cockney + -dom.

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