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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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.

An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.

The land of cockneys; cockneydom; – a term applied to London and its suburbs.

Smart.

cocagne f ‎(plural cocagnes)