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Cockneys | Cockney

Cockneys meaning

plural of Cockney

Using Cockneys

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of Cockney
  • In the example corpus, cockneys often appears in combinations such as: cockneys are, as cockneys, cockneys rather.

Context around Cockneys

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Cockneys

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

enders are cockneys not all 1× feature of cockneys but that 1× identified as cockneys rather than 1× identify as cockneys rather than 1× in which cockneys are thought 1× not all cockneys are east 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

area main the 1× cllr ali said 1× peter wright a 1× the becontree estate 1× thus while all 1×

Common sentence endings:

are east enders 1× as essex folk 1× else in britain 1× not clearly defined 1× patois in it 1×

Words around Cockneys

Just before it in the word index:

cockney 48 cockman 3 cocklin 2 cockleshell 2 cockles 15 cockleburs 2

Just after it in the word index:

cockpit 377 cockpits 27 cockram 2 cockrell 16 cockrill 3 cockroach 60

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Cockneys

  • In this selection, "cockneys" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include enders are cockneys not all and feature of cockneys but that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cockneys" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cockneys

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Thus while all East Enders are cockneys, not all cockneys are East Enders. (13 words)

Area main The region in which cockneys are thought to reside is not clearly defined. (15 words)

Cllr Ali said: “Many people identify as Cockneys rather than having Cockney as a language and modern Cockney has got a lot of Patois in it. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

The Becontree estate was built by the Corporation of London to house poor residents of London's East End on what was previously a rural area of Essex, and Peter Wright wrote that most of the residents identified as cockneys rather than as Essex folk. (45 words)

Peter Wright, a Survey of English Dialects fieldworker, concluded that this was not a universal feature of cockneys but that it was more common to hear this in the London area than anywhere else in Britain. (36 words)

Cllr Ali said: “Many people identify as Cockneys rather than having Cockney as a language and modern Cockney has got a lot of Patois in it. (26 words)

Example sentences (5)

Thus while all East Enders are cockneys, not all cockneys are East Enders.

Cllr Ali said: “Many people identify as Cockneys rather than having Cockney as a language and modern Cockney has got a lot of Patois in it.

Area main The region in which cockneys are thought to reside is not clearly defined.

Peter Wright, a Survey of English Dialects fieldworker, concluded that this was not a universal feature of cockneys but that it was more common to hear this in the London area than anywhere else in Britain.

The Becontree estate was built by the Corporation of London to house poor residents of London's East End on what was previously a rural area of Essex, and Peter Wright wrote that most of the residents identified as cockneys rather than as Essex folk.

Common combinations with cockneys

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cockneys" in a sentence?
An example: "Thus while all East Enders are cockneys, not all cockneys are East Enders." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "cockneys" from authentic English texts.
What does "cockneys" mean?
Cockneys means: plural of Cockney
How many example sentences with "cockneys" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "cockneys", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.