"King's English" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 13, in The Pioneers",
          "text": "\"Spake it out, man,\" exclaimed the landlady; \"spake it out in king's English; what for should ye be talking Indian in a room full of Christian folks?\"",
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