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cockneys
We have found lemma(root) word of cockneys : cockney.
Definitions
[ˈkɒkni], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a native of East London, traditionally one born within hearing of Bow Bells
(e.g: Charlie was a cockney by birth, but he'd spent a lot of time abroad)
- a young snapper fish (Chrysophrys auratus)
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Origin
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late Middle English (denoting a pampered child): origin uncertain; it is apparently not the same word as Middle English cokeney ‘cock's egg’, denoting a small misshapen egg (probably from cock + obsolete ey ‘egg’). A later sense was ‘a town-dweller regarded as affected or puny’, from which the current sense arose in the early 17th century
[ˈkɒkni], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- of or characteristic of cockneys or their dialect or accent
(e.g: cockney humour)
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Origin
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late Middle English (denoting a pampered child): origin uncertain; it is apparently not the same word as Middle English cokeney ‘cock's egg’, denoting a small misshapen egg (probably from cock + obsolete ey ‘egg’). A later sense was ‘a town-dweller regarded as affected or puny’, from which the current sense arose in the early 17th century
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