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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A native of the East End of London.
  2. n. The dialect or accent of the natives of the East End of London.
  3. adj. Of or relating to cockneys or their dialect.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A spoiled child; hence, a foolish or effeminate person; a simpleton: often used as a term of reproach without a very clear signification.
  2. n. In the following passages the meaning of the word is uncertain. It is conjectured to mean, in the first three, “a cock” or “a cook,” etc.; in the last, “a cook.”
  3. n. A native or a permanent resident of London: used slightingly or by way of contempt, and generally with allusion to peculiarities of pronunciation or insularity or narrowness of views.
  4. n. [capitalized] Same as Cockaigne, 2 (where see extract).
  5. Pertaining to or like cockneys or Londoners: as, cockney conceit; cockney speech.
  6. To pamper; fondle; cocker.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London
  2. n. the accent and speech mannerisms of these people
  3. adj. of, or relating to these people or their accent

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
  2. n. A native or resident of the city of London, especially one living in the East End district; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
  3. n. the distinctive dialect of a cockney{2}.
  4. adj. Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
  2. n. a native of the east end of London
  3. adj. characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect
  4. adj. relating to or resembling a cockney

Etymologies

  1. Middle English cokenei, cock's egg, pampered child, city dweller : coken, cock (possibly blend of cok; see cock1, and chiken, chicken; see chicken) + ei, egg (from Old English ǣg). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • johnmperry in cockney rhyming slang, usually only the first word of the rhyme-pair is used, leading to mystification of non-cockney listeners. Jun 18, 2008

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