“cockamamie”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

cockamamie

释义

cockamamie, n. and a. slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈkɒkəˌmeɪmɪ|
Also -mamy, -manie, -many.
[Prob. a corruption of decalcomania.]
(See quot. 1968.)
1945A. Kober Parm Me 5 ‘Cockamanies’—painted strips of paper which the kids applied to their wrists and rubbed with spit until the image was transferred to their hands.1960Time & Tide 24 Dec. 1599/2 ‘A square’, Nemo shouts..‘he is a cockamamie type, he is a stale adventurer... He's not in my world.’1962‘E. McBain’ Empty Hours (1963) ii. xi. 113 You marched into the precinct with a tight dress and a cockamamie bunch of alibis.1963J. Philips Dead can't Love i. iii. 20, I was suddenly down to reality..cut loose from a cockamany dream.1968Encounter Sept. 31/1 Cockamany,..1. Mixed-up, muddled; ridiculous, implausible; not credible, foolishly complicated... 2. Decalcomania: i.e. a picture or design left on the skin as a ‘transfer’, from specially prepared paper which is wetted and rubbed.

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