cockamamie

Example Sentences

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Fitting, given that anything more than one foot in front of her would be invisible beneath the shadow of her cockamamie chapeau.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

Rather than take on Cannon’s cockamamie assignment, Smith laid out accurate jury instructions based on the actual charges and law.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Ironically, the space aliens, ludicrous as they may be, are less insulting to the intelligence of the audience than the cockamamie developments on planet Earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

The focus, for once in Washington, isn’t on some cockamamie, far-flung distraction.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2021

Dadi only talked like that, all formal and stuff, when she was cooking up some cockamamie plan that would usually end up with something valuable broken.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon