| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cock·ney |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k k n |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or Cock·ney |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. cock·neys
1. A native of the East End of London. 2. The dialect or accent of the natives of the East End of London. | | ADJECTIVE: | Of or relating to cockneys or their dialect. | | ETYMOLOGY: | 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  g; see awi- in Appendix I).
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