Definition of cockney Cockney

/kɑˈkni/ - [kaknee] - cock•ney

We found 10 definitions of cockney from 5 different sources.

What does cockney mean?

Noun Plural: cockneys
cockney - the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
		english language, english the discipline that studies the English language and literature
cockney - a native of the east end of London
		londoner a native or resident of London
Adjective Cockney, cockneier, cockneiest
cockney - characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"
cockney - relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"

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cockney (n.)
An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
cockney (n.)
A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.
cockney (a.)
Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.

cockney
kok′ne, n. (Shak.) an affected, effeminate person, knowing the manners of the town, but a stranger to what every child else knows: a townsman as opposed to a countryman: one born in London, but strictly in a particular part of London.—ns. Cock′neydom, the domain of Cockneys; Cockneyficā′tion.—v.t. Cock′neyfy, to make Cockney.—adj. Cock′neyish.—n. Cock′neyism, the dialect or manners of a Cockney.—The Cockney school, a school of writers belonging to London, who flourished in the first half of the nineteenth century. [M. E. coken-ey, prob. lit. 'cock's egg;' cf. Fr. coco, an egg, a darling, a chap. Others would connect with Fr. coquin, a rogue—L. coquus, a cook.]