cock|a|lo|rum

cock|a|lo|rum
cock|a|lo|rum «KOK uh LR uhm, -LOHR-», noun.
1. a self-important little man.
2. boastful talk.
[pretended classical derivation from cock1; perhaps influenced by Dutch kockeloeren to crow]

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