Cockney
- adjective
- /ˈkɒkni/
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cockney
- The actor used a thick Cockney accent to portray his character in the play.
Examples
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He plays the the cockney guy who accosts us.
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My mother's a kind of a real tough kind of South London Cockney woman.
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We want to see, we want to give, we want to hear what you want to say about cockney eyes or Cockney AA's.
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And they kind of like to show off after each other, you know, And they both pretend that they speak cockney, but they really don't.
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I, it was a thick set, Cockney, black curly hair.
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If you know it's between Cockney and posh Pilates, be a friend.
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If, you know, it's between Cockney and posh Pilates, meet a friend.
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Cox redefines the conception of "second-generation" romanticism by locating it within the group of writers around Leigh Hunt that was known as the Cockney School.
Academic text (2000) -
Many people in East London identify themselves as Cockney due to their unique dialect.
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Growing up in a Cockney neighborhood, she often heard expressions that confused her friends from elsewhere.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cockney comes from an old phrase cock's egg, meaning 'a small or weak egg', that became a name for Londoners, so Cockney is used as an adjective to describe people, places, or speech that are typical of East London.
