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cockalorum definition

cocka·lo·rum (käk′ə lôr′əm)

noun

  1. a little man with an exaggerated idea of his own importance
  2. boastful talk; crowing

Etymology: pseudo L extension of cock; infl. by Du kockeloeren, to crow

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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