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cockalane
† cockalane Sc. Obs. Also -an, -and. [a. F. coq-à-l'âne ‘a libell, pasquin, satyre’ (Cotgr.), ‘an incoherent story, passing from one subject to another’: see Littré, and cf. cock-and-bull.] 1. ‘A comic or ludicrous representation’ (Jam.); a satire, lampoon.1605 Ayr Session Rec. 25 Feb., Ony ryme or ...
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cock-and-bull
cock-and-bull [In its origin app. referring to some story or fable. The early use of the phrase is parallel to that of the French coq-à-l'âne; cf. cockalane 2.] 1. lit.1660 S. Fisher Rusticks Alarm Wks. (1679) 409 What a strange Story is here! as if a man should tell a Tale of two things, a Cock and...
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