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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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In the Land of Cockaigne promised by Cade and described as a return to the golden age of "our forefathers," writing will be abolished.
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