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cockney
cock·ney or Cock·ney (kŏk′nē)n. pl. cock·neys or Cock·neys 1. A native of the East End of London.2. The dialect or accent of the natives of the East End of London.adj. Relating to cockneys or their dialect.
[Middle English cokenei, cock's egg, pampered child, city dweller : coken, cock (possibly blend of cok; see cock1, and chiken, chicken; see chicken) + ei, egg (from Old English ǣg; see awi- in Indo-European roots).]cockney (ˈkɒknɪ) n1. (Peoples) (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 church2. (Linguistics) the urban dialect of London or its East End3. (Animals) Austral a young snapper fishadj4. (Peoples) characteristic of cockneys or their dialect of English5. (Languages) characteristic of cockneys or their dialect of English[C14: from cokeney, literally: cock's egg, later applied contemptuously to townsmen, from cokene, genitive plural of cok cock1 + ey egg1] ˈcockneyish adjcock•ney (ˈkɒk ni)
n., pl. -neys. 1. (sometimes cap.) a member of the native-born working-class population of London, England, esp. an inhabitant of the East End district. 2. (sometimes cap.) the speech of this population, typifying the broadest form of local London dialect. 3. Obs. a. a pampered child. b. a squeamish, affected person. [1325–75; Middle English cokeney foolish person, literally, cock's egg (i.e., malformed egg) =coken, genitive pl. of cok cock1 + ey, Old English æg egg1] cock′ney•ish, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Cockney - a native of the east end of LondonLondoner - a native or resident of London | | 2. | cockney - the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of LondonEnglish, English language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries | | Adj. | 1. | cockney - characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels" | | 2. | Cockney - relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins" |
Translationscockney (ˈkokni) noun1. a native of the City of London. 倫敦人 伦敦人2. his speech. He spoke cockney; (also adjective) a cockney accent. 倫敦話 伦敦话cockney
cockney1. 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. Austral a young snapper fish CockneyBow Bellsfamous bell in East End of London; “only one who is born within the bell’s sound is a true Cockney.” [Br. Hist.: NCE, 347]Doolittle, ElizaCockney girl taught by professor to imitate aristocracy. [Br. Lit.: Pygmalion]Weller, Tony and Samuelfather and son, coachman and bootblack, with colorful lingo. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Pickwick Papers]Cockney
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