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cockalanes

cockalanes is the plural of cockalane.

Meaning of cockalane

Noun

cockalane (plural cockalanes)

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

Questions about cockalanes

What is cockalanes the plural of?
Cockalanes is the plural of cockalane.

Words near cockalanes in the dictionary

  1. cockaholics
  2. cockahoop
  3. Cockaigne
  4. cockal
  5. cockalane
  6. cockalanes
  7. cockale
  8. cockaleekie
  9. cockales
  10. cockalorum
  11. cockalorums

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