cockney
noun /ˈkɒk.ni/
/ˈkɑːk-/ Definition
› [U] the type of speech used in East London, especially the poorer part: You won't hear much real cockney spoken unless you go to the East End.Forms of the English language › [C] a person from East London, who speaks cockneyCity names and their inhabitants cockney adjective › a cockney accentCity names and their inhabitants
(Definition of cockney noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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