Dick Entry for “Cockaigne”
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Avast! An imaginary land o luxury n delight, sometimes also (literally) ‘Cockney land’.
‘Cockaigne’ comes from the likes of Middle English cokaygne, from the likes of Middle French (pais de) cocaigne “(land of) plenty,” ultimately adapted or derived from the likes of a word meanin “cake”
Added on Thursday June 9th, 2005