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cockamamie definition

☆ cocka·ma·mie (käk′ə mā′mē)

adjective

  1. of poor quality; inferior
  2. silly; ridiculous

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

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