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Definition: Cockneys


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun Plural	1. Plural inflection of the noun cockney.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base (cockney)	1. A native of the east end of London.[Wordnet]. 2. The nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London.[Wordnet]. 3. An effeminate person; a spoilt child.[Websters]. 4. A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.[Websters].
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.		Top

Date "Cockneys" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references)

Synonyms: cockneys
Position	Synonyms (sorted by strength)
Noun	cockney. Consider also: burghers, philistines, londoners, cits, oppidans, burgher, philistine, snooks, townsman, burgess, citizen.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis.		Top

Computed Synonyms: cockneys

Rank	Intensity	Word	Synonyms	Synonyms of synonym
1	11.1094	cockneys	londoners	londons
2	3.1194	cockneys	citizens	denizens, dwellers, citizen, peoples, civics
3	3.0798	cockneys	cockney	Londoner, citizen, townsman, cockneydom, cockney dialect
4	1.1294	cockneys	conclaves	congregations, meetings, contemplatives, contraceptives, concavities
5	1.1293	cockneys	consonants	consonant, congruous, congruent, conformable, corresponding
6	1.1292	cockneys	collections	gatherings, groups, heaps, clusters, bevies
7	1.1291	cockneys	counterpanes	coverlets, bedspreads, blankets, comforters, bedcovers
8	1.1194	cockneys	creoles	spades, negroes, mulattoes, crossbreeds, hybrids
9	1.1194	cockneys	candles	snags, stubs, candlelights, zooms, bougies
10	1.1194	cockneys	cents	hundreds, centimes, centaurs, centipedes, centrifuges
11	1.1193	cockneys	cs	carbons, coals, coulombs, dos, does
12	1.1193	cockneys	chaps	cracks, lads, boys, fissures, youngsters
13	1.1191	cockneys	changelings	imbeciles, traitors, fools, betrayers, quislings
14	1.1094	cockneys	brocks	badgers, brushes, swabs, stouts, strongs
15	1.1093	cockneys	burghers	commoners, towns, freemans, civics, bourgeoisies
-------------------- 19 synonyms ranked from 16 to 34 abridged --------------------
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100.					Top

Translations: cockneys

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Deutsch	Londoner (cockney, cockneys, London, londoner). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, cockneys. (volunteer & more translations)
Français	londonien (Londoner, cockney, British, cockneys). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, cockneys. (volunteer & more translations)
French	londonien (Londoner, cockney, British, cockneys). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, cockneys. (volunteer & more translations)
German	Londoner (cockney, cockneys, London, londoner). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, cockneys. (volunteer & more translations)
High German	Londoner (cockney, cockneys, London, londoner). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, cockneys. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch	Londoner (cockney, cockneys, London, londoner). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, cockneys. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese	ロンドン子 (cockney, cockneys, cockneydom). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, cockneys. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).				Top

Language	Translations for “cockneys” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin	ockneyscay (cockneys). Additional references: Pig Latin, cockneys. (volunteer)
Terran B	londonir (cockneys). Additional references: Terran B, cockneys. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor.				Top

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