A native of the East End of London. To be considered a true Cockney, one must be born within the sound of Bow Bells, St Mary-le-Bow church in the City of London
the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London a native of the east end of London relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"
A cockney is a person who was born in the East End of London. a Cockney cab driver
A cant used by Cockneys in which a word or phrase is replaced by a rhyming word or phrase, this word or phrase then often being abbreviated to its first syllable or syllables, or its first word. The word chosen as the rhyme often shares attributes of the word that it replaces