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COCKNEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cockney" is a kind of...):
English; English language (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)
Derivation:
cockney (characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native of the east end of London
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cockney" is a kind of...):
Londoner (a native or resident of London)
Derivation:
cockney (characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or resembling a cockney
Example:
Cockney street urchins
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Cockney (a native of the east end of London)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect
Example:
cockney vowels
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
cockney (the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London)
Derivation:
cockney (the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London)
Cockney (a native of the east end of London)
Context examples:
Wolf Larsen stooped, coolly, to the Cockney, and pressed with thumb and finger at the rear of the jaws and below the ears.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
But the Cockney had not pursued me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The Cockney popped out of the galley.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Nilson was standing at the wheel, and the Cockney’s hurtling body struck his legs.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
At sight of a sharp knife and a cowardly Cockney the clinging of life to life overcomes all your fond foolishness.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I had looked for almost any sort of explosion on the Cockney’s part, but to my surprise he did not appear aware of what I was doing.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Nilson was as cheerful as could be expected, for his broken leg was knitting nicely; but the Cockney was desperately melancholy, and I was aware of a great sympathy for the unfortunate creature.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The sailors now crowded boldly aft, grinning and shuffling, to watch the pummelling of the hated Cockney.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“Thank Gawd she’s not comin’ all of a bunch, Mr. Van Weyden,” was the Cockney’s fervent ejaculation.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The Cockney became more humble and slavish to me than even to Wolf Larsen.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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