Jockney

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noun

A Scot who lives in London.

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Meanings

nounJockney (plural Jockneys)

plural Jockneys

  1. slangA Scot who lives in London.

    'It's a Jockney pub,' he explains, making me wonder whether my thoughts were on air too. Sure enough, I ended up in the Globe. It was like a visit to the old Barras. It was like a little Glasgow.

    2002, T. C. Campbell, Reg McKay, The wilderness years, page 189

Origin

Blend of jock + cockney.

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Jockney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jockney

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“Jockney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jockney. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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