Dickensian Definition

dikenzēən
adjective
Of, characteristic of, or like the writings of Dickens, specif. in their emphasis on eccentric or broadly comic characters, a teeming, often squalid, metropolis, etc.
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Dickensian Sentence Examples

  • A Dickensian back alley of whitewashed brick with a series of flyers hung at its entrance.

  • A comfy old slipper of a pub- a Dickensian haunt, with low doors in wooden panels for you to creep through.

  • There are Dickensian slums and crime gangs, gaslit streets, a police inspector that recalls Doyle's Inspector Lestrade, and railroads.

  • Planning a Christmas play or a version of the Dickensian classic?

  • Some are dressy, some are sporty and some even possess a bit of an old-fashioned, Dickensian flair.

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