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botanical plant nameauthor abbreviation forbotanist Leonard C. Cockayne (1855-1934). - proper noun Alternative spelling of
Cockaigne .
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Examples
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The name Cockayne was perhaps first given derisively to a sybarite --
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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As neither Mr. nor Mr.. Cockayne could speak a French word, and Mr. John Catt was not in a position to help them, and was, moreover, inclined to the most unfavourable conclusions on the French nobleman, the presentations were on the English side of the most awkward description.
The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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A deficiency of transcription-repair coupling proteins such as Mfd causes the rare congenital recessive disorder called Cockayne syndrome, a disease that is marked by a small head and stature and accelerated aging.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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A deficiency of transcription-repair coupling proteins such as Mfd causes the rare congenital recessive disorder called Cockayne syndrome, a disease that is marked by a small head and stature and accelerated aging.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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A deficiency of transcription-repair coupling proteins such as Mfd causes the rare congenital recessive disorder called Cockayne syndrome, a disease that is marked by a small head and stature and accelerated aging.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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A deficiency of transcription-repair coupling proteins such as Mfd causes the rare congenital recessive disorder called Cockayne syndrome, a disease that is marked by a small head and stature and accelerated aging.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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A deficiency of transcription-repair coupling proteins such as Mfd causes the rare congenital recessive disorder called Cockayne syndrome, a disease that is marked by a small head and stature and accelerated aging.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Cockayne said: I am sorry and deeply regretful for any offence I have caused with what has happened.
Hull KR fine Ben Cockayne after police drop racism investigation 2011
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Cockayne has also been ordered to attend a diversity awareness course and to spend 10 hours each week working within the club's education and sport trust – a form of community service.
Hull KR fine Ben Cockayne after police drop racism investigation 2011
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The Cockayne controversy has been overshadowed by the problems Rovers have been having with their high-profile Australian import, Willie Mason.
Hull KR fine Ben Cockayne after police drop racism investigation 2011
chained_bear commented on the word Cockayne
"The medieval mystic dreamed of spices in Paradise; the gourmand, in Cockayne. Indeed, for the true gourmand, Cockayne was Paradise. For as Paradise soothed and delighted the weary spirit, so Cockayne was tailor-made for the empty or, for that matter, the merely greedy stomach. Here the only virtues were gluttony, leisure, and pleasure, the only vices exertion and care. Doing nothing earned a salary, work was penalized, women were rewarded for sleeping around. A decent fart earned half a crown. Even in church the truest form of worship was to stuff oneself. Conveniently, the church itself was edible, its walls made of pastry, fish, and meat and buttressed with puddings."
--Jack Turner, _Spice: The History of a Temptation_ (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), 98
December 2, 2016