Cockney SchoolLeigh 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 More on Cockney School from Fact Monster:
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