1. cockney - Noun
2. cockney - Adjective
3. Cockney - Proper noun
An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.
Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the age of twelve for having an East London Cockney accent. I thank them for the cockney taunts because the beatings turned me on to boxing. But on a serious note Canada has been kind to me. Lennox Lewis
I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage. Christopher Eccleston
I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose the last remnants of my Cockney accent. Peter Ackroyd
...Australian English may be thought of as a kind of fossilised Cockney of the Dickensian era. Anthony Burgess
Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney. Christopher Eccleston
It was great to play an ex-marine cockney thug. All my roles are as different as the colours of the rainbow. Luke Treadaway