| a spoken variety of English influenced by cockney, London speech, and Received Pronunciation, used in London and southeastern England in the area of the Thames estuary. |
Es·tu·ar·y English  (ěs'chōō-ěr'ē)  n. An accent used by many speakers of various social classes in southeastern England, characterized by a mixture of features drawn from middle-class and working-class speech. [After the estuary of the Thames.] |