Meanings
nouncockabondy (plural not attested)
alternative coch-a-bonddu
- datedno pluralfishingAn angler's artificial fly.
Origin
- Welshcoch y bonddu
- Englishcockabondy
Perhaps from Welsh coch y bonddu (literally “red with black stem”).
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cockabondy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockabondy
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“cockabondy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockabondy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cockabondy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockabondy.
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