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Cockney

A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London

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noun
  1. 1

    A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London

  2. 2

    The accent and speech mannerisms of these people

  3. 3

    An effeminate person; a spoilt child.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of, or relating to these people or their accent

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cockerneynounPronunciation spelling of cockney.
londonishHaving to do with, like, or of London, a city in England.
englishish(nonstandard, rare, informal) Characteristic of English people or their language or culture.
britishnounThe citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
london-centric(UK) Centred on or based in London, England.
little englandishCharacteristic of Little Englanders.
londiniannounOf or relating to the city of London, England, or to its earlier stage, Londinium.
londonwardToward the city of London.
englishySomewhat English.
oxfordishnoun(UK, colloquial) Resembling or characteristic of the English city of Oxford.
englishedAnglicised
englishnounOf or pertaining to England.
british englishnounThe English language as written and spoken in the United Kingdom; (often) that which is spoken in both the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, considered as a single variety.
east angliannounA native or inhabitant of East Anglia.
britishernoun(now chiefly Canada, US, India) A Briton.
jonnock(UK, regional, obsolete) Honest.
kentishnounOf or relating to Kent or its inhabitants.
angliannounOf or pertaining to the Angles (Germanic people).
cestriannounA native or inhabitant of any of the places called Chester (or Chester-le-Street, etc), especially Chester, England.
northernnounAn inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.

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