单词 | cockney |
释义 | Word Frequency cockney(ˈkɒknɪ) noun 1. (often capital) a native of London, esp of the working class born in the East End, speaking a characteristic dialect of English. Traditionally defined as someone born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow church 2. the urban dialect of London or its East End 3. Australian a young snapper fish adjective 4. characteristic of cockneys or their dialect of English Derived forms cockneyish (ˈcockneyish) adjective Word origin C14: from cokeney, literally: cock's egg, later applied contemptuously to townsmen, from cokene, genitive plural of cok cock1 + ey egg1 |
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