cockamamie in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cockamamie in the English»French Dictionary

cockamamie, cockamamy [Brit ˈkɒkəˌmeɪmi, Am ˈkɑkəˌmeɪmi] ADJ inf

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No wonder the mayor saw red with this latest cockamamie study.
www.torontosun.com
But we exacerbate the problems with cockamamie geoengineering schemes.
blogs.theprovince.com
Then he came up with some other cockamamie story.
www.standard.co.uk
This cockamamie idea could help manufacturers use existing chip-making infrastructure for the next generation of chips.
www.technologyreview.com
The lack of consideration that went into this cockamamie scheme has resulted in the removal of bus shelters and not an inch of room left between curb and bicycle lane.
www.thestar.com
The local governments have all of these cockamamie projects which got approved when the central government panicked in 2009.
www.globalpost.com
They stuttered a cockamamie story about how they were miners looking for work.
www.nydailynews.com
He had been born into that cockamamie proprietorship.
flavorwire.com
We were a cockamamie team of head chefs all wanting to cook.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Cockamamie cut-foods-out then add-them-back then cut-them-out diets are not about health.
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