wellerism

English

Noun

wellerism (plural wellerisms)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Wellerism
    • 1994, Journal of Liberal Studies, Volume 4, Issues 1-2, University of Nigeria, page 93:
      […] without adding the names of those who were widely known to be responsible for the coinage of such wellerisms.
    • 1997, George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, The Proverbial Charles Dickens, Peter Lang, page 27:
      Dickens used wellerisms already in his letters prior to writing Pickwick Papers.
    • 2002, Fionnuala Carson Williams, Wellerisms in Ireland, University of Vermont, page 38,
      In many cases where a wellerism and a folktale are connected the quote in the wellerism is a set sentence like 'Up and at it!' which is well-known apart from the wellerism.
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