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Cockney collapse: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London; a native of the east end of London; relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"; characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"

patois collapse: a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

localism collapse: a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

Yankee collapse: an American (especially to non-Americans); an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War); used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

idiom collapse: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

regional collapse: related or limited to a particular region; "a regional dialect"; characteristic of a region; "regional flora"

collective bargaining collapse: negotiation between an employer and trade union

local collapse: public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops; "the local seemed to take forever to get to New York"; relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area; "local taxes"; "local authorities"; affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia"; of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood; "local customs"; "local schools"; "the local citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of flu"; "a local bus line"

aborigine collapse: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived; the earliest known inhabitants of a region

wording collapse: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

parlance collapse: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

provincial collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials"; characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"; of or associated with a province; "provincial government"

dictionary collapse: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

synonymy collapse: the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

glossary collapse: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

native collapse: a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person; belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language"; characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"; characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"; as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"

vocabulary collapse: a language user's knowledge of words; the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques"; a listing of the words used in some enterprise

topical collapse: of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"; pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"; of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"

formulation collapse: the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"; a substance prepared according to a formula

time zone collapse: any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used

gross national product collapse: former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr)

rathskeller collapse: a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall

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