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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: From the local way of saying Georgie, a form of the man's name George

Geordie

 noun
     
Geor‧die British English informal
1 [countable]SAN someone from Tyneside in North East England
2 [uncountable]SAN a way of speaking that is typical of people from Tyneside
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