Associations to the word «Cockney»

COCKNEY, adjective. From the East End of London, or London generally

COCKNEY, noun. (UK) ( slang) Any Londoner.

COCKNEY, noun. (UK ) A Londoner born within earshot of the city's Bow Bells, or (now) (generically) any working-class Londoner.

COCKNEY, proper noun. The dialect or accent of such Londoners.

COCKNEY, noun. A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London

COCKNEY, noun. The accent and speech mannerisms of these people

COCKNEY, noun. (obsolete) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.

COCKNEY, adjective. Of, or relating to these people or their accent

COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG, noun. A cant used by Cockneys in which a word or phrase is replaced by a rhyming word or phrase, this word or phrase then often being abbreviated to its first syllable or syllables, or its first word. The word chosen as the rhyme often shares attributes of the word that it replaces.

COCKNEY, noun. A native of the east end of London.

COCKNEY, noun. The nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London.

COCKNEY, adjective. Characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels".

COCKNEY, adjective. Relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins".