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Definition of "cockamamy" [cockamamy]

  • Foolish, silly (adjective)
  • Trifling (adjective)

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Use "cockamamy" in a sentence
  • "Donald R. Morris The Houston Post In "The Joys and Oys of Yiddish" [XV,3], Messrs. Lederer and Schenkerman put the word cockamamy"
  • "FITZWATER: Well, the "cockamamy" part of the idea that a President is going to be so intimidated by the press or wilt under the pressure and walk out of the Presidency, or something like that."
  • ""Come on now, Peter, please don't try to flatter me with some kind of cockamamy line about love at first sight," she said, giving him a look that told him she wouldn't begin to believe it if he tried."
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