Hotten, John Camden (1859). "Cockney". A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words. p. 22. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2020. Cockney: a native of London. An ancient nickname implying effeminacy, used by the oldest English writers, and derived from the imaginary fool's paradise, or lubber-land, Cockaygne.
"It's because he's a Londoner". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
"A Cockney or a Cocksie, applied only to one born within the sound of Bow bell, that is in the City of London". Note, however, that his proffered etymology — from either "cock" and "neigh" or from the Latinincoctus — were both erroneous.[22] The humorous folk etymology which grew up around the derivation from "cock" and "neigh" was preserved by Francis Grose's 1785 A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: "A citizen of London, being in the country, and hearing a horse neigh, exclaimed, Lord! How that horse laughs! A by-stander telling him that noise was called Neighing; the next morning, when the cock crowed, the citizen to shew he had not forgotten what was told him, cried out, Do you hear how the Cock Neighs?"[23][24]
Hotten, John Camden (1859). "Cockney". A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words. p. 22. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2020. Cockney: a native of London. An ancient nickname implying effeminacy, used by the oldest English writers, and derived from the imaginary fool's paradise, or lubber-land, Cockaygne.
"Bow Bells". London.lovesguide.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
"It's because he's a Londoner". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
"A Cockney or a Cocksie, applied only to one born within the sound of Bow bell, that is in the City of London". Note, however, that his proffered etymology — from either "cock" and "neigh" or from the Latinincoctus — were both erroneous.[22] The humorous folk etymology which grew up around the derivation from "cock" and "neigh" was preserved by Francis Grose's 1785 A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: "A citizen of London, being in the country, and hearing a horse neigh, exclaimed, Lord! How that horse laughs! A by-stander telling him that noise was called Neighing; the next morning, when the cock crowed, the citizen to shew he had not forgotten what was told him, cried out, Do you hear how the Cock Neighs?"[23][24]
