cockney
cockney
[ˈkɒkni]
(pl. -eys)
[ˈkɒkni]
(pl. -eys)
- a native of East London, traditionally one born within hearing of Bow Bells
伦敦东区人
■[mass noun]the dialect or accent typical of such people
伦敦东区方言（或口音） - (Austral.)a young snapper fish (Chrysophrys auratus)
(澳)金鲷；小笛鲷
- of or characteristic of cockneys or their dialect or accent
伦敦东区人（特有）的；伦敦东区方言（或口音）（特有）的
cockney humour.
伦敦东区式幽默。
- 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 cent
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