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Word: Cockney
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting a pampered child): origin uncertain; it is apparently not the same word as Middle English cokeney ‘cock's egg’, denoting a small misshapen egg (probably from cock + obsolete ey ‘egg’). A later sense was ‘a town-dweller regarded as affected or puny’, from which the current sense arose in the early 17th century
ˈkɒkni
a native of East London, traditionally one born within hearing of Bow Bells
Short Definition:native of East London, traditionally one born within hearing of Bow Bells
Examples:- Charlie was a cockney by birth, but he'd spent a lot of time abroad
a young snapper fish (Chrysophrys auratus).
Short Definition:young snapper fish
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