cockneyfy

American  

[kok-ni-fahy] / ˈkɒk nɪˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

cockneyfied, cockneyfying

1. to give a cockney character to.

   to cockneyfy the word “horse” by pronouncing it “ 'orse.”

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cockneyfy British  

/ ˈkɒknɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. (tr) to cause (one's speech, manners, etc) to fit the stereotyped idea of a cockney

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Other Word Forms

• cockneyfication
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of cockneyfy

First recorded in 1815–25; cockney + -fy

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cockneyfied

Quote Mr. Henry James about "the blistered sentiers of asphalt, the rock-bound caverns, the huge iron bridges spanning little muddy lakes, the whole, crowded, cockneyfied place."

From Fifth Avenue by Arthur Bartlett Maurice

I sold him to a cockneyfied, countryfied sort of a man, who said he had a small "hindependence of his own"—somewhere, I believe, about London.

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees

The bowers and boskages stretched behind them, the artificial lakes and cockneyfied landscapes, making all the region bright with the sense of air and space, and raw natural tints, and vegetation too diminutive to overshadow.

From The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) by Henry James

But just contrast this with a commonplace, and wholly uninteresting cockneyfied suburb such as that wherein my delectable lot is cast, and then think of the difference.”

From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford

But Loch Leven is too much cockneyfied by angling competitions; moreover, its pleasures are expensive. 

From Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang

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