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Webster 1913 Edition

Cockney

Cock′ney

(kŏk′ny̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cockneys
(-nĭz)
.
[OE.
cocknay
,
cokenay
, a spoiled child, effeminate person, an egg; prob. orig. a cock’s egg, a small imperfect egg; OE.
cok
cock +
nay
,
neye
, for
ey
egg (cf.
Newt
), AS.
æg
. See 1st
Cock
,
Egg
,
Noun.
]
1.
An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
“A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling.”
Nash (1592).
This great lubber, the world, will prove a
cockney
.
Shakespeare
A
cockney
in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots.
Macaulay.

Cock′ney

,
Adj.
Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cockney

COCKNEY

, n.
1.
A native of London, by way of contempt.
2.
An effeminate, ignorant, despicable citizen.

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