wellerism

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.