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单词 cockamamie
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cock•a•ma•mie or cock•a•ma•my/ˈkɑkəˌmeɪmi/USA pronunciation   adj. [usually: before a noun] Slang.
  1. Slang Termsridiculous;
    nonsensical: another of his cockamamie ideas.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cock•a•ma•mie  (kok′ə mā′mē),USA pronunciation adj. [Slang.]
  1. Slang Termsridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical:full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.
Also, cock′a•ma′my. 
  • 1940–45, American; in origin, originally sense, paper strip with an image which could be transferred to the skin when moistened, apparently alteration of decalcomania; sense "ridiculous'' probably by association with cock-and-bull story, poppycock, etc.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cockamamie /ˌkɒkəˈmeɪmɪ/ adj
  1. slang chiefly US ridiculous or nonsensical: a cockamamie story
Etymology: 20th Century: in an earlier sense: a paper transfer, prob. a variant of decalcomania
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