Jockney
A playful British slang blend for a Scottish person who has lived in London long enough to acquire Cockney or London speech patterns while retaining their Scottish identity.
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A playful British slang blend for a Scottish person who has lived in London long enough to acquire Cockney or London speech patterns while retaining their Scottish identity. The word blends Jock (British slang for a Scot) and Cockney. Used with affectionate humour in both Scottish and London communities.
After twenty years in Bermondsey he was pure Jockney — you could hear the Glasgow in his vowels but the rhyming slang came natural.
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(slang) A Scot who lives in London.
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