pitmatic
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Pitmatic (both adjective and noun)
- pitmatical (both adjective and noun)
Noun
[edit]pitmatic (uncountable)
- The language spoken by inhabitants of the mining villages in Northumberland or Durham.
Adjective
[edit]pitmatic (comparative more pitmatic, superlative most pitmatic)
- (Northumbria) Of or relating to this language.
- Ye taalk ower pitmatic for a lad from Gatesheed.
References
[edit]- Frank Graham, editor (1987), “PITMATIC”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN.
- Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “pitmatic”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.
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