mockado
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mockado
1535–45; earlier mockeado < Italian moccaiardo (by association with mock ). See mohair
Example Sentences
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Each woman hath with her also, according to her abilitie, all her familie trimmed vp in white mockado: the better sort and wealthier women goe in litters of Cedar artificially wrought and richly dressed.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Hakluyt, Richard
What mockado is this, to such a poor soul as I!
From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Richardson, Samuel
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