adjective
- made to resemble or adopt the characteristics, accent, or mannerisms of a Cockney (a native of the East End of London)
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Examples
- The actor's cockneyfied accent was exaggerated for comic effect.
- After years in London, his speech had become somewhat cockneyfied.
- The film featured cockneyfied characters speaking in rhyming slang.
- She adopted a cockneyfied manner of speaking to fit in with her new friends.
- The playwright wrote cockneyfied dialogue to capture the local flavor of the East End.