First Known Use: 1939
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Brooklynese
noun Brook·lyn·ese \ˌbru̇-klə-ˈnēz, -ˈnēs\
Definition of BROOKLYNESE
: the vernacular speech of greater New York City and environs
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Origin of BROOKLYNESE
Brooklyn, borough of New York City
Rhymes with BROOKLYNESE
Ambonese, Androcles, Annamese, antifreeze, Assamese, Balinese, Bengalese, Bhutanese, Bolognese, Cantonese, Cervantes, Ceylonese, Chersonese, Congolese, cottage cheese, diocese, expertise, Faeroese, federalese, fifth disease, Genovese, gourmandise, Hebrides, Heracles, Hercules, Hyades, ill at ease, in a breeze, Japanese, Javanese, Johnsonese, journalese, Kanarese, legalese, litotes, manganese, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, overseas, Pekingese, Pericles, Pleiades, Portuguese, Pyrenees, shoot the breeze, Siamese, Sienese, Silures, Sinhalese, Socrates, Sophocles, Sporades, to one's knees
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