Cockney
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- noun
- /ˈkɒkni/
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dialecto cockney
- I saw turbans and saris and heard hot, rapid Cockney and the lilt of Caribbean speech and the startled accents of tourists.
- Cockney accent
- Cockney slang
- Cockney dialect
Examples
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And I've been workin' on that at home, the whole cockney thing of, "'ello, 'ow are 'oo?
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He addresses the three men in a heavy Cockney accent.
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What really took the piss was she was more Cockney than me.
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You talk Cockney very refined.
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My daughter has no cockney accent whatsoever.
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-Yeah, it's a cockney cadence.
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You are mad on the subject of Cockney dialects.
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What would you want Idris Alba to mean in Cockney rhyming slang?
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♪ They told me when I joined it was a Noel coward part- now you don't expect Noel to talk Cockney, do you?
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The actor performed his lines in a thick Cockney accent, captivating the audience with his authenticity.
Synonyms
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A form of language used in one area or group with its own words, grammar, and sounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cockney comes from an old phrase cock's egg, meaning 'a small or weak egg', which people used to laugh at as a town insult; over time this name was used for Londoners and their way of speaking, so Cockney now also means the special East London dialect with its own sounds and rhyming slang.