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cock-a-bondy [ co·ck-a-·bon·dy ]

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kɑːkəbɑːndi ]
[
UK
kɒkəbɒndi ]
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Noun

1. Also with capital initial(s). An artificial fly intended to imitate or thought to resemble the garden chafer, typically dressed with a reddish hackle feather with a black base.

Origin

1. Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle. From Welsh coch y bonddu from coch red + y the, of the + bonddu (perhaps from either bôn bottom, base or bond band (from English) + -ddu, combining form of du black).

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