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

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cockneyfied

Until this year no steamers had ever cockneyfied its secluded waters.

From Letters from High Latitudes by Dufferin, Lord

The loch has a name for being cockneyfied, beset by whole fleets of competitive anglers from various angling clubs in Scotland. 

From Angling Sketches by Lang, Andrew

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 Maurice, Arthur Bartlett

No; I told you it was villafied and cockneyfied.

From Clever Woman of the Family by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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