provincialism

Example Sentences

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They provide an opportunity for breaking through the small-town syn drome, with its inherent parochial and provincialisms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Any correct designation of a coin is satisfactory, including provincialisms like “two bits” for the 25-cent piece, etc.

From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson

They are interchangeable in many popular provincialisms and in some words, e.g.,

From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire

The provincialisms in her grand-mother's speech, and the homely style of her grand-mother's household—although she clearly perceived both—neither shocked nor mortified May.

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

Pronunciation, when perfectly pure, should be free from what we call provincialisms; that is, from any peculiarity of tone, accent, or vowel sound, which would mark the speaker as coming from any particular locality.

From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.