Raised or brought up in Cockney areas, typically the East End of London, with characteristic Cockney speech and manners.
Compound of 'Cockney' and 'bred' (past participle of 'breed'). Describes someone formed by their Cockney upbringing and environment.
Being 'cockney-bred' was once a class marker—it meant you grew up in working-class East London and spoke with a distinctive accent that educated Victorians mocked!
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