verb
- to make cockney in character, speech, or manner; to give a cockney quality to something
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Examples
- The actor tried to cockneyfy his accent for the role.
- The playwright decided to cockneyfy the dialogue to make it more authentic to the London setting.
- Over time, the neighborhood became cockneyfied as more working-class residents moved in.
- She cockneyfied her speech when visiting her relatives in East London.