Usually means: Imaginary land of luxury, abundance.
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  1. Cockaigne: Merriam-Webster
  2. Cockaigne: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Cockaigne: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Cockaigne: Vocabulary.com
  5. Cockaigne: Wordnik
  6. Cockaigne: Wiktionary
  7. Cockaigne: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Cockaigne: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. cockaigne: Dictionary.com
  10. cockaigne: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Cockaigne (In London Town), Cockaigne: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Cockaigne: Rhymezone
  13. Cockaigne: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  14. Cockaigne: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. cockaigne: FreeDictionary.org
  16. cockaigne: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Cockaigne: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Cockaigne: World Wide Words
  19. Cockaigne: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cockaigne: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cockaigne: A Word A Day
  2. cockaigne: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cockaigne)

▸ noun:  (mediaeval folklore) A land of plenty, luxury and idleness.

Similar:
Cockayne, Cocaigne, Cocagne, cockscomb, Cockey, cockleloft, cockalane, coxiness, cockylorum, canticoy, more...

Opposite:
privation, hardship, austerity
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Similar:
Cockayne, Cocaigne, Cocagne, cockscomb, Cockey, cockleloft, cockalane, coxiness, cockylorum, canticoy, more...

Opposite:
privation, hardship, austerity



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