Cockaigne
or Cock·ayne
a fabled land of luxury and idleness.
Origin of Cockaigne
1Words Nearby Cockaigne
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How to use Cockaigne in a sentence
Never comes the trader thither, never o'er the purple main Sounds the oath of British commerce, or the accents of Cockaigne.
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousIt is a superb land, a country of Cockaigne, as they say, that I dream of visiting with an old friend.
The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire | Charles BaudelaireAn old French poem on the Land of Cockaigne described it as an ideal land of luxury and ease.
Early Reviews of English Poets | John Louis HaneyThere is a wonderful country, a country of Cockaigne, they say, which I dreamed of visiting with an old friend.
Baudelaire: His Prose and Poetry | Charles BaudelaireIt is, says Dixon, the common English broadsheet "turned into the dialect of Cockaigne."
British Dictionary definitions for Cockaigne
Cockayne
/ (kɒˈkeɪn) /
medieval legend an imaginary land of luxury and idleness
Origin of Cockaigne
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