Coc*agne" (?), n. [F.
cocagne, pays de cocagne; of uncertian origin, cf.
Prov. F. couque cake, Catal. coca, L.
coquere to cook; as if the houses in this country were
covered with cakes. Cf. Cook, Cockney.]
1. An imaginary country of idleness and
luxury.
2. The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a
term applied to London and its suburbs. Smart.