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cockneys

cockneys is the plural of cockney.

Meaning of cockney

Noun

cockney (plural cockneys)

  1. A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London.
    • A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
  2. (obsolete) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
    • A young heir, or cockney, that is his mother's darling[…]1592, Thomas Nashe, Pierce Penniless
    Synonyms:
    nancy

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Noun capitalized: Cockneys

Cockneys

  1. (plural) plural of Cockney

Phrases with cockneys

Questions about cockneys

What is cockneys the plural of?
Cockneys is the plural of cockney.
What part of speech is cockneys?
Cockneys is a noun.

Words near cockneys in the dictionary

  1. cockneyize
  2. cockneyized
  3. cockneyizes
  4. cockneyizing
  5. Cockneyland
  6. cockneys
  7. cockneyship
  8. cocknified
  9. cocknifies
  10. cocknify
  11. cocknifying

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