Words similar to cockamamy
Example sentences for: cockamamy
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cockamamy (or cockamamie) `mixed-up, ridiculous.
Lederer and Schenkerman put the word cockamamy (or cockamamie ) at the head of a list of Yiddish words found in English as published in Webster's Third New International Dictionary . I have spoken Yiddish since childhood, have a fairly wide reading knowledge and acquaintance with various levels and styles of the language, but have never come across a word or phrase resembling cockamamy . It simply has no meaning in that language.