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cock-a-hoop

adj

Etymology

Unknown

Definitions

  1. Exultant, very happy, triumphant.

    • I have to say I felt pretty cock-a-hoop straight after my epidural but, some hours later, my head felt as though someone large and heavy had been sitting on it.

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