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Meanings of cock-a-hoop in English

Exhibiting self-importance.

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Usage of cock-a-hoop in English
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To read their press, Conservatives should be cock-a-hoop at Labour's policy splurge.
The Guardian
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Australia, newly-crowned Tri-Nations champions are cock-a-hoop after their bonus point win over Italy.
The Irish Times
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UK property website Zoopla, which is also contemplating a float, must be cock-a-hoop.
Reuters
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This week, they arrive buoyant and cock-a-hoop, ready to take on the world.
The Irish Times
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Naturally, the artist was cock-a-hoop about the outcome and who can blame her?
The Irish Times
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The king and queen are cock-a-hoop like children who have defied a stern governor.
The Lady of the Rivers
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The Taoiseach was understandably cock-a-hoop in the run-up to Christmas.
The Irish Times
8
For the moment Kevin Pietersen must be cock-a-hoop.
The Guardian
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The far-right, nationalist and anti-EU FN is cock-a-hoop at the US result, as it was with Brexit.
The Irish Times
10
He was cock-a-hoop; so were the photographers.
The Guardian
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LABOUR was cock-a-hoop this week.
The Irish Times
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The innocent indie days when Blur strutted cock-a-hoop through Camden, all desert boots and snotty middle-class attitude, are long gone.
The Irish Times
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With three wins and three defeats from his six games in charge, he has been cock-a-hoop or crestfallen so far.
The Guardian
14
Instead they are cock-a-hoop.
Radio NZ
15
Transformed in one momentous weekend from fretful turkeys to political peacocks, they'll be cock-a-hoop when they return to Leinster House tomorrow.
The Irish Times
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The adult-education sector is cock-a-hoop about the recently launched National Development Plan for the years 2000 to 2006.
The Irish Times