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cock-a-hoop

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cock-a-hoop

▶adjective extremely pleased.

– origin C17: from the phr. set cock a hoop, of unknown origin, appar. denoting the action of turning on a tap and allowing liquor to flow.

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