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cockamamie

(käk′ə mā′mē)

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adjective

of poor quality; inferior
silly; ridiculous

Origin: alteration of decalcomania, prob. infl. by cock-a-nee-nee, 19th-c. name in New York for a cheap molasses candy

See cockamamie in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also cock·a·ma·my

adjective
Slang

Trifling; nearly valueless.
Ludicrous; nonsensical: gave me a cockamamie reason for not going.

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of decalcomania

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