From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cockney \Cock"ney\, a.
Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cockney \Cock"ney\ (k[o^]k"n[y^]), n.; pl. {Cockneys} (-n[i^]z).
[OE. cocknay, cokenay, a spoiled child, effeminate person, an
egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. cok
cock + nay, neye, for ey egg (cf. {Newt}), AS. [ae]g. See 1st
{Cock}, {Egg}, n.]
1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. "A young heir or
cockney, that is his mother's darling." --Nash (1592).
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This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney.
--Shak.
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2. A native or resident of the city of London, especially one
living in the East End district; -- sometimes used
contemptuously.
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A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much
as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots.
--Macaulay.
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3. the distinctive dialect of a cockney[2].
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cockney
adj 1: characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney
vowels"
2: relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"
n 1: a native of the east end of London
2: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
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