cockalane

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• cock-and-bull story — [käk′ən bool′] n. [for earlier cockalane < Fr ( saillir du) coq en l âne, lit., (to jump from) the cock to the donkey] an absurd, improbable story …   English World dictionary

• cuckolane — obs. var. cockalane 1, a lampoon …   Useful english dictionary