cockneyfy

 [kok-ni-fahy]  

cock·ney·fy

   [kok-ni-fahy]
verb (used with object), cock·ney·fied, cock·ney·fy·ing.
to give a cockney character to: to cockneyfy the word “horse” by pronouncing it “'orse.”
Origin:
1815–25; cockney + -fy

Related forms
cock·ney·fi·ca·tion, noun
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cockneyfy or cocknify (ˈkɒknɪˌfaɪ)
 
—vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
(tr) to cause (one's speech, manners, etc) to fit the stereotyped idea of a cockney
 
cocknify or cocknify
 
—vb
 
cockneyfi'cation or cocknify
 
—n
 
cocknifi'cation or cocknify
 
—n

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