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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).]
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cockney

(ˈkɒknɪ)
n
1. (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 church
2. (Linguistics) the urban dialect of London or its East End
3. (Animals) Austral a young snapper fish
adj
4. (Peoples) characteristic of cockneys or their dialect of English
5. (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 adj
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cock•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.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Cockney - a native of the east end of London
Londoner - a native or resident of London
2.cockney - the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
English, 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"
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أحَدُ سُكّان لَنْدَن الأصْلِيينلُغَةُ سُكّان لَنْدَن
londýnské nářečílondýnskýrodilý Londýňan
cockney
kokknei-, Lundúna-kokknei, Lundúnabúi
kokni
koknejietiskoknejs
londýnsky dialektrodený Londýnčan
Doğu LondralıDoğu Londralı şivesiKokney

cockney

[ˈkɒknɪ]
A. N
1. (= person) persona nacida en el este de Londres y especialmente de clase obrera
2. (= dialect) → dialecto m de esa zona
B. ADJ del este de Londres y especialmente de clase obrera RHYMING SLANG
COCKNEY
Se llama cockneys a las personas de la zona este de Londres conocida como East End, un barrio tradicionalmente obrero, aunque según la tradición un cockney auténtico ha de haber nacido dentro del área en la que se oye el repique de las campanas de la iglesia de Mary-Le-Bow, en la City londinense. Este término también hace referencia al dialecto que se habla en esta parte de Londres, aunque a veces también se aplica a cualquier acento de la clase trabajadora londinense. El actor Michael Caine es un cockney famoso.
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cockney

[ˈkɒkni]
n
(= person) → cockney mf habitant des quartiers populaires de l'East End de Londres
I'm a cockney → Je suis cockney.
(= dialect) → cockney m
adj [person] → cockney; [accent, joke] → cockney
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cockney

n
(= dialect) → Cockney nt
(= person) → Cockney m
adj → Cockney-
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cockney

[ˈkɒknɪ] n (person) → cockney m/f inv abitante dei quartieri dell'East End di Londra; (dialect) → cockney m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cockney

(ˈkokni) noun
1. a native of the City of London. cockney, londinense
2. his speech. He spoke cockney; (also adjective) a cockney accent. cockney
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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Then these cockneys, instead of starting at an easy pace, as a gentleman would do, generally set off at full speed from the very stable-yard; and when they want to stop, they first whip us, and then pull up so suddenly that we are nearly thrown on our haunches, and our mouths jagged with the bit -- they call that pulling up with a dash; and when they turn a corner they do it as sharply as if there were no right side or wrong side of the road.
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He told me with grim humour of the time he had spent acting as guide to Cockneys who wanted to see the night side of life in Paris; it was an occupation that appealed to his sardonic temper and somehow or other he had acquired a wide acquaintance with the more disreputable quarters of the city.
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