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Cockney
Pronunciation : Cock"ney
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [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. ?g. See 1st Cock, Egg, n.]
Definition : 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.
pl. Cockneys.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Cock"ney
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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