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Definition of Coagne
Coc*agne" (?), n. [F.
cocagne, pays de cocagne; of uncertian origin, cf.
Prov. F. couque cake, Catal. coca, L.
coquere to cook; as if the houses in this country were
covered with cakes. Cf. Cook, Cockney.]
1. An imaginary country of idleness and
luxury.
2. The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a
term applied to London and its suburbs. Smart.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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The proper spelling of this word is: Cocagne
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