\Cock"ney\ (k[o^]k"n[y^]), n.; pl. {Cockneys} (-n[i^]z).
[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. [ae]g. See 1st
{Cock}, {Egg}, n.]
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.
                                               --Shak.
2. A native or resident of the city of London; -- used
   contemptuously.
         A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much
         as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots.
                                               --Macaulay.

\Cock"ney\, a.
Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.