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cockamamie
[ kok-uh-mey-mee ]
adjective
- ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical:
full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.
cockamamie
/ ˌkɒkəˈmeɪmɪ /
adjective
- slang.ridiculous or nonsensical
a cockamamie story
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Origin of cockamamie1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cockamamie1
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Example Sentences
I began to feel like a student again, waiting for Feynman to react to the latest cockamamie idea I had come up with.
In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
I wonder how much the Federalist Society invested in this cockamamie responsible procreation idea.
“The whole ticking-time-bomb thesis is … so cockamamie,” said Carle.
Tunku Varadarajan on other cockamamie American beliefs—and why so many cling to them.
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