cockamamie

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cock·a·ma·mie

also cock·a·ma·my (kŏk'ə-mā'mē) pronunciation

adj. Slang

Trifling; nearly valueless.
Ludicrous; nonsensical: gave me a cockamamie reason for not going.

[Probably alteration of DECALCOMANIA.]

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adjective
/'kɒkəˌmeɪmɪ/ Also cockamamy, -manie, -many /'kɒkəˌmeɪmɪ/
Also cockamamy, -manie, -many
adjective, US

Ridiculous, incredible. (1960 —) .
E. Mcbain You marched into the precinct with a tight dress and a cockamamie bunch of alibis (1962).

[From earlier cockamamie noun, decal, transfer, alteration of decalcomania noun, transfer or the printing of transfers.]

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