Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - cockney
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(cockneys) 1. A cockney is a person who was born in the East End of London. ...a Cockney cab driver... N-COUNT: oft N n 2. Cockney is the dialect and accent of the East End of London. The man spoke with a Cockney accent. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English cokeney, literally, cocks' egg, from coken (genitive plural of cok cock) + ey egg, from Old English ?g Date: 14th century 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 • ~ adjective • ~fy transitive verb • ~ish adjective • ~ism noun COCKNEYFY transitive verb see cockney ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. (pl. -eys) 1 a a native of East London, esp. one born within hearing of Bow Bells. b the dialect or accent typical of this area. 2 Austral. a young snapper fish, Chrysophrys auratus. --adj. of or characteristic of cockneys or their dialect or accent. Derivatives cockneyism n. Etymology: ME cokeney cock's egg, later derog. for 'townsman' ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. кокни (лондонское просторечие) 2. пренебр. кокни, коренной лондонец (уроженец Лондона, особ. восточной части) 3. характерный для кокни cockney accent —- акцент кокни ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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pronunciation произношение кокни COCKNEY noun 1) кокни, лондонец из низов (особ. уроженец Ист-Энда) 2) кокни (лондонское просторечие, преимущественно Ист-Энда) 3) disdain. горожанин 4) attr. свойственный кокни - cockney pronunciation ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1600, from M.E. cokenei "spoiled child, milksop," orig. cokene-ey "cock's egg." Most likely disentangling of the etymology is to start from O.E. cocena "cock's egg" -- gen. pl. of coc "cock" + жg "egg" -- medieval term for "runt of a clutch," extended c.1521 to "town dweller," gradually narrowing thereafter to a particular neighborhood of London. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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