Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cockney
Cockney
cockney
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'
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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 ǣg Date: 14th century 1. obsolete a spoiled child, a squeamish woman, 2. often capitalized a native of London and especially of the East End of London, the dialect of London or of the East End of London, ~ adjective ~fy transitive verb ~ish adjective ~ism noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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