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

Etymology

Origin of cockneyfy

First recorded in 1815–25; cockney + -fy

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cockneyfied

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 Surtees, Robert Smith

The place, as he approached it, seemed bright and breezy to him; his roamings had been neither far enough nor frequent enough to make the cockneyfied coast insipid.

From Sir Dominick Ferrand by James, Henry

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 Mitford, Bertram

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 James, Henry

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

From Angling Sketches by Lang, Andrew