Usually means: Reflective of Charles Dickens' works.
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  1. Dickensian: Merriam-Webster
  2. Dickensian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Dickensian: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Dickensian: Vocabulary.com
  5. Dickensian: Wordnik
  6. Dickensian, dickensian: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Dickensian: Wiktionary
  8. dickensian: Dictionary.com
  9. Dickensian (TV series), Dickensian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Dickensian: Rhymezone
  11. dickensian: FreeDictionary.org
  12. dickensian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Dickensian: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. dickensian: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Dickensian: Encyclopedia

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  1. Dickensian: Idioms

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adjective:  Of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens.
adjective:  Similar to Dickens' writing style, especially in commenting on society, or in using emotion, humour, or rich descriptions.
adjective:  Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England.
noun:  A person who admires or studies the works of Charles Dickens.

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