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Cockaigne
noun as in never-never land
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Never comes the trader thither, never o'er the purple main Sounds the oath of British commerce, or the accents of Cockaigne.
It is a superb land, a country of Cockaigne, as they say, that I dream of visiting with an old friend.
An old French poem on the Land of Cockaigne described it as an ideal land of luxury and ease.
There is a wonderful country, a country of Cockaigne, they say, which I dreamed of visiting with an old friend.
It is, says Dixon, the common English broadsheet "turned into the dialect of Cockaigne."
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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Cockaigne, such as: cloudcuckooland, fiddler's green, and neverland.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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