cockney

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cock·ney, Cockney /ˈkɒkni $ ˈkɑːk-/ noun  1. [countable]SG 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 伦敦东区佬〔指工人阶层〕2. [uncountable]SPEAK A LANGUAGE a way of speaking English that is typical of working-class people in the east part of London 伦敦东区口音[土腔] —cockney adjective She has a broad cockney accent. 她有一口浓重的伦敦东区口音。

Examples from the Corpus

cockney• About this time, there was a family funeral - with all the mock solemnity and grandeur of a cockney day out.• Described as a chirpy cockney who could tell a plausible story.• His cockney friends would have called it honest endeavour in a dishonest world.• A new girl called Laura is in my class she has a real cockney accent and she's hilarious!• That would make Sunday tea a real cockney treat.• Also too often they broke away only to lose the initiative by letting the cockney donkeys get back.• She recognized the typical cockney liveliness of these two girls.Origin cockney (1600-1700) 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)

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cockney
cock‧ney , Cockney /ˈkɒkni $ ˈkɑːk-/ noun1. [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.

cock·neyBrE /ˈkɒkni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːkni/ 🔊 noun [countable] a person from the East End of London 伦敦东区的人 [uncountable] the way of speaking that is typical of cockneys 伦敦东区的口音（或土腔）◆a cockney accent伦敦东区口音