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cockneyfy, v.|ˈkɒknɪfaɪ|
Also cocknify.
[f. as prec. + -fy.]
trans. To imbue with cockney qualities, to render ‘cockney’; intr. to become ‘cockney’. Hence ˈcockneyfied ppl. a.; also ˈcockneyfying ppl. a. and vbl. n., cockneyfiˈcation.
1821Byron Let. 26 Apr., I think he [Keats]..was spoilt by Cockneyfying..and versifying Tooke's Pantheon and Lempriere's Dictionary. 1829M. Howitt Let. in Mem. Alaric Watts (1884) II. 5 Of Keats' other writings I know nothing. I fancy them too fantastical, too cockneyfied, pardon the ugly word. 1871Carlyle in Mrs. Carlyle's Lett. III. 200 In the disastrous, dust-covered, cockneyfying parts. 1875M. Collins Th. in Garden (1880) II. v. 176 The grand old wood was rather cockneyfied..haunted by ponies, donkeys, and canaille. 1883H. James Portr. Places 248 With regard to most romantic sites in England, there is a sort of average cockneyfication with which you must make your account. 1930Time & Tide 21 Feb. 235/1 How are we to prevent this cockneyfication of the English language? |