plural cockneys
1
obsolete
a
: a spoiled child
b
: a squeamish woman
2
often 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
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Her over-the-top cockney accent speaking in melodramatic dialogue drives much of the comedy in her performance, which ultimately wears thin over the course of the film’s brief runtime.
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
Lily O’Neil brings traditional British comedy tropes — the cockney accent, the bustling busybody gestures — to the maid Emmy, to good advantage, though the production has problems bringing that type of comic energy to any other scenes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2024
Cocky, cockney, and constantly beset by everyday duties, this (along with Alfie the following year) is the birth of Michael Caine the everyman superstar.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
The series, which doesn’t make reference to the film or feature any of the characters from it, stars Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Joely Richardson and the cockney’s cockney Ray Winstone.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
Lily O’Neil brings traditional British comedy tropes — the cockney accent, the bustling busybody gestures — to the maid Emmy, to good advantage, though the production has problems bringing that type of comic energy to any other scenes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2024
Cocky, cockney, and constantly beset by everyday duties, this (along with Alfie the following year) is the birth of Michael Caine the everyman superstar.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
The series, which doesn’t make reference to the film or feature any of the characters from it, stars Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Joely Richardson and the cockney’s cockney Ray Winstone.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Cockney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cockney. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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cockney
noun
cock·ney
ˈkäk-nē 
plural cockneys
often capitalized
1
: a native of London and especially of the East End of London
2
: the dialect spoken by the cockneys
cockney
adjective
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