cockneys
- plural of cockney.
Example Sentences
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The famous Bow-bell-birth definition of a Cockney is attributed to a 1571 sermon: "We are thorough out all the Realme called cockneys that are borne in London, or in the sounde of Bow bell."
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
As to the question of whether these younger Essex dwellers can be defined as cockneys, Dr Cole says that is not how they perceive themselves.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
Some proper cockneys starred in the next all-London affair, eight years later, as West Ham saw off a Fulham side featuring their old mucker Bobby Moore.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2017
There are those who believe that true Londoners are cockneys, and to be one of those you must be born within earshot of Bow Bells.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2012
But there, in the Conqueror’s tower, a constant ebb and flow of cockneys would be livening the frost.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
