cockalane

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noun

A satire or lampoon.

OriginFrench coq-à-l'âne →
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Meanings

nouncockalane (plural cockalanes)

plural cockalanes

  1. ScotlandobsoleteA satire or lampoon.
  2. ScotlandobsoleteA rambling or incoherent story, which passes from one subject to another (as from a cock to a bull).

Origin

  1. Frenchcoq-à-l'âne“satire, incoherent story”
  2. Englishcockalane

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

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APA

cockalane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockalane

MLA

“cockalane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockalane. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cockalane,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockalane.

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