Cockney /ˈkɒk.ni/adjective 2noun 2forms 1 adjective2 •(UK) From the East End of London, or London generally. •Of or relating to people from this area or their speech style. noun2 •(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. — 1617 •(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. — 1859 formsCockneys
