COCKNEY

noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English cokeney, literally, cocks' egg, from coken (genitive plural of cok cock) + ey egg, from Old English ǣg Date: 14th century 1. obsolete a spoiled child, a squeamish woman, 2. often capitalized a native of London and especially of the East End of London, the dialect of London or of the East End of London, ~ adjective ~fy transitive verb ~ish adjective ~ism noun