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

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cockneyfied

The only very definite conviction I arrived at was that Vaucluse is indeed cockneyfied, but that I should have been a fool, all the same, not to come.

From A Little Tour in France by Henry James

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

From Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang

Mr. Underwood, when he had first taken the place, had wished to expunge the name, feeling it to be cockneyfied, pretentious, and unalluring.

From Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope

Loch Leven, then, is crowded and cockneyfied by competitions; it has also no great name for beauty of landscape. 

From Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang

No; I told you it was villafied and cockneyfied.

From Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte Mary Yonge

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