"cockneyfy" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cockneyfies [present, singular, third-person], cockneyfying [participle, present], cockneyfied [participle, past], cockneyfied [past]
Etymology: From cockney + -fy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cockney|fy}} cockney + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} cockneyfy (third-person singular simple present cockneyfies, present participle cockneyfying, simple past and past participle cockneyfied)
  1. (transitive) To make cockney; to vulgarize. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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