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1. (n.) cockney
(sometimes cap.) a member of the native-born working-class population of London, England, esp. an inhabitant of the East End district.
2. cockney
(sometimes cap.) the speech of this population, typifying the broadest form of local London dialect.
3. cockney
Obs.
4. cockney
a pampered child.
5. cockney
a squeamish, affected person.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME cokeney foolish person, lit., cock's egg (i.e., malformed egg) =coken, gen. pl. of cokcock1+ey, OE ægegg1)
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| Definition of 'cockney' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Cockney
a native of the east end of London
2. (adj) cockney
the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
3. (adj) cockney
characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect
"cockney vowels"
4. (adj) Cockney
relating to or resembling a cockney
"Cockney street urchins"
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| Definition of 'cockney' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) cockney
of or relating to, or like, cockneys
2. (noun) cockney
an effeminate person; a spoilt child
3. (noun) cockney
a native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. cockney
a word of uncertain derivation, but meaning one born and bred in London, and knowing little or nothing beyond it, and betraying his limits by his ideas, manners, and accent.
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Sense: a native of the City of London.
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 Afrikaans: Cockney, Londenaar |
 Arabic: أحَدُ سُكّان لَنْدَن الأص |
 Bulgarian: лондончанин |
 Brazilian: londrino |
 Czech: rodilý Londýňan |
 German: der Cockney |
 Danish: cockney |
 Greek: γνήσιος Λονδρέζος |
 Spanish: cockney, londinense (de c |
 Estonian: kokni |
 Farsi: لندنی؛ ساکن لندن |
 Finnish: lontoolainen |
 French: Cockney |
 Hebrew: קוֹקנִי |
 Hindi: लन्दनिया |
 Croatian: Londončanin |
 Hungarian: londoni születésű |
 Indonesian: orang London |
 Icelandic: kokknei, Lundúnabúi (frá |
 Italian: cockney, nativo di Londra |
 Japanese: ロンドンの下町っ子 |
 Korean: 런던 내기 |
 Lithuanian: kokni |
 Latvian: koknejietis (Londonas aus |
 Malay: orang cockney |
 Dutch: cockney |
 Norwegian: cockney, innfødt londoner |
 Polish: (rodowity) Londyńczyk |
 Persian: لندنی؛ ساکن لندن |
 Pashto: يوډول انګريزى لهجه چه دلن |
 Portuguese: londrino |
 Romanian: londonez |
 Russian: кокни |
 Slovak: rodený Londýnčan |
 Slovenian: Londončan |
 Serbian: kokni |
 Swedish: cockney |
 Thai: คนพื้นเมืองลอนดอนตะวันออก |
 Turkish: Doğu Londralı; Kokney |
 Taiwanese: 倫敦人 |
 Ukrainian: кокні |
 Urdu: لندن کا مقامی شہری ، لندن |
 Vietnamese: người ở khu đông Luân Đôn |
 Chinese: 伦敦人 |
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