yorkshireism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"I shall be sorry also to deprive you of Mr. Hall’s sincere friendly homily, with all its racy Yorkshireisms; but here I must stay."
"“Is there margin enough, think you? You see, it won’t do to be too tight, it’s a pity for an inch or two to be thrussen for room.” Mrs. Doldrums gave way to Yorkshireisms occasionally, not being a highly educated personage."

From Yorkshire + -ism.

Yorkshireisms (plural) Yorkshirism (alternative)

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