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Jockney

Jockney noun: a Scot who lives in London.

Noun

Jockney (plural Jockneys)

  1. (slang) A Scot who lives in London.
    • 'It's a Jockney pub,' he explains, making me wonder whether my thoughts were on air too. Sure enough, I ended up in the Globe. It was like a visit to the old Barras. It was like a little Glasgow.2002, T. C. Campbell, Reg McKay, The wilderness years, page 189

Forms of Jockney

pluralJockneys

Origin of Jockney

Blend of jock + cockney.

Questions about Jockney

What does Jockney mean?
Jockney means a Scot who lives in London.
What part of speech is Jockney?
Jockney is a noun.
What is the plural of Jockney?
The plural of Jockney is Jockneys.

Words near Jockney in the dictionary

  1. jocking off
  2. jockish
  3. Jockland
  4. jockless
  5. jocklike
  6. Jockney
  7. Jockneys
  8. jocko
  9. jockocracies
  10. jockocracy
  11. jockocrat

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