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cockney

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As a noun, cockney means a native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London. As an adjective, it means relating to or resembling a cockney.

Meanings of cockney

5 meanings

noun

  1. A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London.

  2. The nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London

Older and rare meanings (1)
  1. obsoleteAn effeminate person; a spoilt child.

adjective

  1. Relating to or resembling a cockney

    “Cockney street urchins”

  2. Characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect

    “cockney vowels”

Alternative form of Cockney

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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