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Pickwickianism
[ pik-wik-ee-uh-niz-uhm ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Pickwickianism1
First recorded in 1890–95; Pickwickian + -ism
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Example Sentences
Perhaps Dickens is not entirely free from blame in this respect; perhaps Pickwickianism has in some degree familiarized the generation of Englishmen who have been fed upon it with what is not chivalrous, to say the least, in conduct, as it unquestionably has with slang in conversation.
From Project Gutenberg
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