英语词汇when the cocqcigrues come的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	when the cocqcigrues come
词源	when the Cocqcigrues come. In French legend the Cocqci- grues (kok-se-groo) are fantastic creatures unlike animals any- body has ever seen. Thus when the French say A la venece des Cocqcigrues (“at the coming of the Cocqcigrues”) they mean “never.” The same meaning is conveyed in English with When the Cocqcigrues come. The word is sometimes spelled Cocquecigrue.
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