Cockney
(adjective) relating to or resembling a cockney; “Cockney street urchins”
cockney
(adjective) characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; “cockney vowels”
cockney
(noun) the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
Cockney
(noun) a native of the east end of London
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cockney (plural cockneys)
a native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London
the accent and speech mannerisms of these people
(obsolete) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
• (effeminate man): nancy, pansy, sissy; see also effeminate man
cockney (not comparable)
of, or relating to these people or their accent
• Traditionally, applies only to those born within earshot of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside
Cockney (not comparable)
From the East End of London, or London generally
Cockney (plural Cockneys)
(UK, slang) Any Londoner.
(UK) A Londoner born within earshot of the city's Bow Bells, or (now, generically) any working-class Londoner.
Cockney
The dialect or accent of such Londoners.
Source: Wiktionary
Cock"ney, n.; pl. Cockneys. Etym: [OE. cocknay, cokenay, a spoiled child, effeminate person, an egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. cok cock + nay, neye, for ey egg (cf. Newt), AS. æg. See 1st Cock, Egg, n.]
1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. "A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling." Nash (1592). This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. Shak.
2. A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuosly. A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. Macaulay.
Cock"ney, a.
Definition: Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 January 2025
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
