mockney
Britishnoun
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(often capital) a person who affects a cockney accent
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an affected cockney accent
adjective
Etymology
Origin of mockney
C20: mock + (cock)ney
Example Sentences
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"Yeah that helped a lot," agrees guitarist Nigel Tufnel, portrayed by Christopher Guest in his best mockney accent.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
A favourite with students and grownups who really should know better, Dr. Mark Sloan, played by reformed mockney Dick Van Dyke, is one of the most implausible characters to take to the screen.
From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2012
Even the trailer conspired against it, looking like the sort of mockney nonsense that Danny Dyer inhabits.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012
He's got a little twang of a London working-class accent called "mockney" because the character is not royalty.
From Reuters • May 26, 2010
A lot more, which is weird – her singing style is so mannered and mockney you'll just assume, when you hear it, that she's from the suburbs of London.
From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2010
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