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cockneyfying

cockneyfying is the present participle and gerund 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 cockneyfying

What is cockneyfying the present participle and gerund of?
Cockneyfying is the present participle and gerund of cockneyfy.

Words near cockneyfying in the dictionary

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

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