Etymology

cockalane

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Today it means: A satire or lampoon. Full definition →

French coq-à-l'âne
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  1. French · derived fromcoq-à-l'âne“satire, incoherent story”
  2. English todaycockalane

From French coq-à-l'âne (“satire, incoherent story”). Compare cock-and-bull story.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.