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Cockayne

[ko-keyn]

noun

Cockaigne.

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Cockaigne or Cockayne (kɒˈkeɪn)

—n
	medieval legend an imaginary land of luxury and idleness

[C14: from Old French cocaigne, from Middle Low German kōkenje small cake (of which the houses in the imaginary land are built); related to Spanish cucaña, Italian cuccagna]

Cockayne or Cockayne

—n

[C14: from Old French cocaigne, from Middle Low German kōkenje small cake (of which the houses in the imaginary land are built); related to Spanish cucaña, Italian cuccagna]

Cockayne (kɒˈkeɪn)

—n
	a variant spelling of Cockaigne

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