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cockney

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Main Entry:
cock·ney 
          Listen to the pronunciation of cockney
Pronunciation:
\ˈkäk-nē\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural cockneys
Etymology:
Middle English cokeney, literally, cocks' egg, from coken (genitive plural of cok cock) + ey egg, from Old English ǣg
Date:
14th century
1obsolete a: a spoiled child b: a squeamish woman2often capitalized a: a native of London and especially of the East End of London b: the dialect of London or of the East End of London
cockney adjective
cock·ney·fy 
          Listen to the pronunciation of cockneyfy \ˈkäk-ni-ˌfī\ transitive verb
cock·ney·ish 
          Listen to the pronunciation of cockneyish \-nē-ish\ adjective
cock·ney·ism 
          Listen to the pronunciation of cockneyism \-ˌi-zəm\ noun


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