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COCKAMAMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cockamamy mean?
• COCKAMAMY (adjective)
The adjective COCKAMAMY has 1 sense:
1. informal term for ridiculous and implausible
Familiarity information: COCKAMAMY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal term for ridiculous and implausible
Synonyms:
cockamamie; cockamamy
Context example:
he gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
Similar:
implausible (having a quality that provokes disbelief)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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