Dickensian

Speech parts

1. Dickensian - Noun

2. Dickensian - Adjective

Meaning

of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)

Examples

Anthony Burgess writes that "Australian English may be thought of as a kind of fossilised Cockney of the Dickensian era." citation The Australian gold rushes saw many external influences on the language. Source: Internet

Confined to a marble fireplace flanked by a dais and a landing, each with its own tall window that looks out on Dickensian London’s darkened silhouette, Rebekah Johnson’s modest but cozy set is marred by similar troubles on the video end. Source: Internet

Bergreen describes them as being uncharitable living quarters, " Dickensian in their meanness, filth, and insensitivity to ordinary human beings." Source: Internet

Chandler's practice was in London's Rotherhithe amidst the squalor endured by the Dickensian poor. Source: Internet

Most thought nothing of it until Geraldo Rivera sneaked cameras into the Dickensian chamber. Source: Internet

Attendees looked down from windows in the hotel’s imposing façade like grandees at an as demonstrators chanted against the GOP’s plans for Dickensian health spending cuts in the streets below. Source: Internet

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