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n. - (Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness.

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Usage examples (38)
  • The orchestra will perform Edward Elgar's "Cockaigne" Overture and Vaughan Williams 'Symphony No. 2
  • Avalon and the sunsets of Cockaigne in tin cans at Ole
  • I agree, there should be a niche for stories without magic/monsters set in an invented world - whether it be Lyonesse or Cockaigne.
  • Cockaigne, in which rivers of porridge flowed through the land and roast hams and fish, pigs 'ribs already roasted stood ready to be eaten.
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