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cockamamie

mastery

UK /ˌkɒk.əˈmeɪ.mi/ US /ˌkɑ.kəˈmeɪ.mi/nounadj

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What does 'cockamamies' refer to in this sentence?

As a youngster in The Bronx in the early 1930s, I would occasionally take my windfall of a few pennies to the local candy store and buy a strip of cockamamies.