cock·ney /ˈkɑkni/
倫敦人,倫敦話,倫敦腔(a.)倫敦人的,倫敦人氣派的
Cock·ney n.; pl. Cockneys
1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. “A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling.”
This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. --Shak.
2. A native or resident of the city of London, especially one living in the East End district; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. --Macaulay.
Cock·ney, a. Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
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cockney
adj 1: characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney
vowels"
2: relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street
urchins"
n 1: a native of the east end of London
2: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London