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cockneyish

Variant of cockney

noun pl. cockneys

  1. a person born in the East End of London, England, traditionally one born within the sound of “Bow Bells” (i.e., the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow) and speaking a characteristic dialect
  2. this dialect, characterized by extreme diphthongization, loss of the initial (h) sound, and use of an intrusive (r)
  3. loosely any person born or living in London: a humorous or disparaging usage

adjective

of or like cockneys or their dialect

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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