English Dictionary

Cockney

/ˈkɒk.ni/

noun

(UK slang) Any Londoner. / (UK) A Londoner born within earshot of the city's Bow Bells, or (now generically) any working-class Londoner.

He's a true Cockney, born and raised in East London.

意味（1）

(UK slang) Any Londoner.

COCKNEY, a native of London. An ancient nickname implying effeminacy, used by the oldest English writers, and derived from the imaginary fool's paradise, or lubberland, Cockaygne.

意味（2）

(UK) A Londoner born within earshot of the city's Bow Bells, or (now generically) any working-class Londoner.

Londoners, and all within the sound of Bow Bell, are in reproach called Cockneys.