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Definition: COCAGNE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.[Websters]
2. The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Cocagne" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Etymology:Cocagne \Coc*agne"\, noun. [French expression cocagne, pays de cocagne; of uncertian origin, compare to Prov. French couque cake, Catal. coca, from Latin expression coquere to cook; as if the houses in this country were covered with cakes. Compare to Cook, Cockney.]. (references)

Definition: COCAGNE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.[Websters]
2. The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "COCAGNE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Etymology:Cocagne \Coc*agne"\, noun. [French expression cocagne, pays de cocagne; of uncertian origin, compare to Prov. French couque cake, Catal. coca, from Latin expression coquere to cook; as if the houses in this country were covered with cakes. Compare to Cook, Cockney.]. (references)