Cockney
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- noun
- /ˈkɒkni/
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cockney
- So how does Manna Nichols measure up as Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl who says that she wants "to be a lady in a flower shop instead of selling at the corner of Tottenham Court Road?
- Cockney accent
- Cockney flower
- Cockney girl
Pancras, you know, big families, Irish, Scottish, jewellery, Scousers and Cockneys.
- Pancras, you know, big families, Irish, Scottish, jewellery, Scousers and Cockneys.
- Now you'll know this is based on an unlikely premise that Cockneys were the first people to conquer Everest.
- I used to have a drink myself and he was a typical old cockney.
- And they were all spokesmen, Cockneys in not or Northerners, but fucking working class, down to earth.
Examples
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During the festival, we met several Cockneys who shared stories about their lives in London.
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There was a faint ring to his voice—Cockney, I thought.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's a period Cockney accent, it's not a modern Cockney accent.
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Fortunately, my parents and grandparents grew up in South London, and I was fully aware of a Cockney accent.
Blog text (27) -
He's seen here amongst local cockneys... who have taken him to their hearts.
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Michael Caine would be a fine choice if it is possible to curb his Cockney accent.
Blog text (5) -
He had a strong Cockney accent and was smiling, or smirking, at me.
Fiction book (2002) -
In America, Charlie adopts a fake Cockney accent, gives concerts in packed stadiums, and gains more followers than he had in England.
Academic text (2014) -
Backstage, Pete King, the burly Cockney manager of the club, is talking with the bassist and drummer.
Fiction book (2002) -
The illustrator, although sympathetic with the diminished gentlefolk, heeds his friend's advice and returns to his usual professional models: a Cockney woman who can do ladies, and an immigrant Italian, a failed orange vendor, who is a more persuasive gentleman than Major Monarch.
Academic text (2011)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cockney comes from an old phrase cock's egg, meaning 'a small or weak egg', which people used to tease town children; country people then used it for city folk, and later it became the name for those born within the sound of the Bow Bells, so Cockney now means a native of East London.