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cockneyfies

cockneyfies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cockneyfy.

Meaning of cockneyfy

Verb

cockneyfy (third-person singular simple present cockneyfies, present participle cockneyfying, simple past and past participle cockneyfied)

  1. (transitive) To make cockney; to vulgarize.
    • 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...1837, William Rae Wilson, chapter IV, in Notes abroad and rhapsodies at home, page 65

Questions about cockneyfies

What is cockneyfies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cockneyfies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cockneyfy.

Words near cockneyfies in the dictionary

  1. cockneyess
  2. cockneyesses
  3. cockneyfication
  4. cockneyfications
  5. cockneyfied
  6. cockneyfies
  7. cockneyfy
  8. cockneyfying
  9. cockneyise
  10. cockneyised
  11. cockneyises

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