"cockamamy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more cockamamy [comparative], most cockamamy [superlative]
Etymology: From Cockamamie (a marketing term for a child's rub-on tattoo), a deliberate mispronunciation of decalcomania. Head templates: {{en-adj}} cockamamy (comparative more cockamamy, superlative most cockamamy)
  1. foolish, silly Translations (foolish): töricht (German), unsinnig (German), blöd (German)
    Sense id: en-cockamamy-en-adj-SMZSjXCB Disambiguation of 'foolish': 98 2
  2. trifling
    Sense id: en-cockamamy-en-adj-TyEfoq2W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cockamamie
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          "ref": "2017, Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams, 19:27 from the start, in Ozark, season 1, episode 8:",
          "text": "Barb Petty (Maryann Urbano): For what? You can't buy squat with smiles. Roy Petty (Jason Butler Harner): Oh my god. You gave Uncle Jack money again, didn't you? Barb Petty: Eh, he's got some cockamamy idea. I don't know.",
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          "word": "töricht"
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      "word": "unsinnig"
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