Cockneyfy

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make cockney; to vulgarize. transitive

    "There certainly are a set of John Bulls, both male and female, who would cockneyfy every spot on the globe they might visit — even the very pyramids..."

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"There certainly are a set of John Bulls, both male and female, who would cockneyfy every spot on the globe they might visit — even the very pyramids..."

Etymology

From cockney + -fy.

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