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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

As to the question of whether these younger Essex dwellers can be defined as cockneys, Dr Cole says that is not how they perceive themselves.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2023

Some proper cockneys starred in the next all-London affair, eight years later, as West Ham saw off a Fulham side featuring their old mucker Bobby Moore.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2017

You want stiff-lipped men in bowler hats and cheeky cockneys with their thumbs on their waistcoats and fish on their heads.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2012

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