E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Cockney School.
Leigh Hunt, Hazlitt, Shelley, and Keats; so called by Lockhart. (1817.)
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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., Blackwoods Magazine, Oct., 1817.