English Explanatory Dictionary

cockalane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A satire or lampoon.
  2. A rambling or incoherent story, which passes from one subject to another (as from a cock to a bull).

Word forms

cockalane cockalanes

Etymology

From French coq-à-l'âne (“satire, incoherent story”). Compare cock-and-bull story.

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