Definitions for: Cockney

[n] the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
[n] a native of the east end of London
[adj] relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"
[adj] characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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).

This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney.
--Shak.

2. A native or resident of the city of London; -- used
contemptuously.

A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much
as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots.
--Macaulay.

Cock"ney, a.
Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.

See Also: English, English language, Londoner

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