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Estuary English

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An accent used by many speakers of various social classes in southeastern England, characterized by a mixture of features drawn from middle-class and working-class speech.

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  • noun UK A variety of English accent, spreading out from London into the area of the Thames estuary, containing features of received pronunciation, Cockney and other regional accents.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After the estuary of the Thames.]

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