cockneynoun
uk/ˈkɒk.ni/us/ˈkɑːk.ni/[ U ] the type of speech used by people from the East End of London:
You won't hear much real cockney spoken unless you go to the East End.
[ C ] a person from the East End of London, who speaks cockney
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Forms of the English language
- art
- aught
- Australian English
- BBC English
- British English
- Brummie
- Canadian English
- cockney rhyming slang
- elf
- Estuary English
- Geordie
- lavender language
- Liverpudlian
- mockney
- Scots
- Scottish English
- Scouse
- Strine
- the Queen's English
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Towns & regions: city names & their inhabitants
cockney
adjective ukus
a cockney accent