cockney

Alternative forms

• Cockney

Noun

cockney (plural cockneys)

1. a native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London
   • Macaulay

     A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots.

2. the accent and speech mannerisms of these people
3. (obsolete) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
   • 1592, Nash

     a young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling

   • Shakespeare

     This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney.

Adjective

cockney (not comparable)

1. of, or relating to these people or their accent

Usage notes

• Traditionally, applies only to those born within earshot of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside

Derived terms

• cockney rhyming slang

Noun

cockney m (plural cockneys)

1. cockney

Noun

cockney m, f (plural cockneys)

1. cockney (a native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London)

Noun

cockney m (uncountable)

1. cockney (English dialect of the White lower class of London)