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- noun A
characteristic ofLondoners . - noun A mode of
speaking peculiar toLondon , England.
Etymologies
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London + -ism
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Examples
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Heinrich Baumann, the author of _Londonism en_, an English-German glossary of cant and slang, to which "Rum Coves that Relieve us" forms the preface.
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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The follies of the absurdest spread-eagle orator may be far more promising, because they smack more of the soil, than the neat Londonism of the city editor who dissects him.
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It is just arrogance, pure Londonism, on the part of the sparrow, just that impudent socialistic spirit that makes it so difficult for us to reform the Naughty Poor.
Living Alone Stella Benson 1912
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