cock‧ney , Cockney /ˈkɒkni $ ˈkɑːk-/ noun
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: cockney 'male chicken's egg, child treated too well, person who lives in a town' (14-19 centuries), from cocken 'of cocks' + ey 'egg' (11-16 centuries) (from Old English æg)]

1. [countable] someone who comes from the east part of London, and who has a particular way of speaking which is typical of working-class people who live there

2. [uncountable] a way of speaking English that is typical of working-class people in the east part of London
—cockney adjective:
She has a broad cockney accent.

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