cockney
IPA: kˈɑkni
Root Word: Cockney
noun
- (UK slang) Any Londoner.
- (UK) A Londoner born within earshot of the city's Bow Bells, or (now generically) any working-class Londoner.
- The dialect or accent of such Londoners.
- A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London.
- (obsolete) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
- Alternative form of Cockney [(UK slang) Any Londoner.]
adjective
- (UK) From the East End of London, or London generally
- Alternative form of Cockney [(UK) From the East End of London, or London generally]
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Examples of "cockney" in Sentences
- Often cast a cockney individual.
- Has the voice of a genuine cockney.
- Mockney is an affectation of Cockney.
- He speaks with a Cockney lilt to his voice.
- Hence it is not violating the rules of cockney.
- Representing the Cockney pronunciation of brother.
- Cockneys are not distinctly associated with criminality.
- Patsy Garrett was in the cast and her Cockney was on the nose.
- Dido Twite is known as the intrepid cockney heroine of many of the series.
- The cockney remark belongs to a dictionary of cockney, a reference to it is OK.