COCKNEYS

Noun

cockneys

plural of cockney

Noun

Cockneys

plural of Cockney

Source: Wiktionary


COCKNEY

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



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