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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cockney School

Leigh Hunt, Hazlitt, Shelley, and Keats; so called by Lockhart. (1817.)

“If I may be permitted to have the honour of christening it, it may be henceforth referred to by the designation of the `Cockney School.' ” —Z. Blackwood's Magazine, Oct., 1817.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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