high cockalorum
noun
Definition of high cockalorum
1 British : a boys' game of leapfrog —used as a shout during the game
2 : a person with pretensions to great importance : a high-and-mighty person : big shot placed himself as the high cockalorum of the universe — J. F. Stevens
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First Known Use of high cockalorum
1857
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