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#126731 03/31/04 06:12 PM
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable:
Cock-a-hoop or Cock-a-houp. To sit cock-a-houp. Boastful, defiant, like a game cock with his houpe or crest erect; eagerly expectant. (French, coq à huppe.)


“And having routed a whole troop,
With victory was cock-a-hoop.”
Butler: Hudibras, i. 3.



#126732 04/01/04 02:34 AM
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Dr. Bill! Great heavens, that's better than the etymology that came with the W.A.D.!

My son said something was cock-a-mamie this afternoon, and that of course made me think of this word. Then I remembered that there's cock-a-leekie soup. What's with all the cock-a's, anyway? Are there more?


#126733 04/01/04 01:37 PM
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What's with all the cock-a's, anyway? Are there more?


Jackie!!! [shocked-and-appalled-e]


#126734 04/01/04 03:24 PM
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Hey--why d'you think I didn't put caca's?


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Don't forget there's cocka too.


#126736 04/02/04 02:37 AM
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And cockapoo too.

And cockatoo poo, I would imagine...



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