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Cockaigne
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Cockaigne
fabled land of luxury and idleness. [Medieval Legend: NCE, 589]
See : Luxury


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Baldari M, Tamburro A, Sabatinelli G, Romi R, Severini C, Cuccagna G, et al.
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