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The famous Bow-bell-birth definition of a Cockney is attributed to a 1571 sermon: "We are thorough out all the Realme called cockneys that are borne in London, or in the sounde of Bow bell."

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

"There's a couple of cockneys knocking about. There's a couple of chimney sweeps too. I've seen them."

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2015

Historically, taxi driving has been a white working-class industry, dominated by East Londoners: first, the Irish, and later, cockneys and Jews.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2014

We're cheery cockneys in some old blitz movie.

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2010

But there, in the Conqueror’s tower, a constant ebb and flow of cockneys would be livening the frost.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White