Cockneyise

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of cockneyize. alt-of, alternative

    "How the poor chief of the Choctaw Indians mistook, when he complimented Boz on the skill with which he could portray the red men of the forest if he thought fit to attempt it! I hope, and indeed feel sure, Mr. Dickens will not — he would cockneyise them."

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"How the poor chief of the Choctaw Indians mistook, when he complimented Boz on the skill with which he could portray the red men of the forest if he thought fit to attempt it! I hope, and indeed feel sure, Mr. Dickens will not — he would cockneyise them."

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