Chicagoese

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The people of Chicago; Chicagoans. plural, plural-only

    "[…] for even the undaunted faith and energy of the Chicagoese cannot greatly accelerate the processes of nature in making' trees, or robing their trunks with moss."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The dialect of English spoken in Chicago.

    "[…] almost everybody had wandered out into what would be called the "frunchroom" in Chicagoese."

Example

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"[…] almost everybody had wandered out into what would be called the "frunchroom" in Chicagoese."

Etymology

From Chicago + -ese.

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