1811. Lexicon Balatronicum. Cacafeugo. A sh-te-fire, a furious
braggadocio or bully huff.
Cachunk! intj. (American).—Onomatopœic—the ‘bow-wow’ word of Max
Müller—belonging to a class of exclamations intended to convey an
imitation of the sound of a falling body. Uncertain as regards
orthography they are largely affected in the Southern and Western
States. Mainly of recent origin, though two, keswollop and kewhollux
rare in the States, are not unfamiliar to English ears. Examples
are:—Caswash; Cawhalux; Chewallop; Casouse; Cathump; Kerplunk; Katouse;
Katoose; Kelumpus; Kerchunk; Kerplunk; Kerswosh; Kerslosh; Kerswollop;
Kerblinkityblunk; and Kerblam.
Cackle, subs. (theatrical).—1. The dialogue of a play; especially used
at first, of the patter of clowns, etc., in a circus. [From the
figurative usage of cackle, to make a noise as a hen after laying an
egg, a usage traceable as far back as 1225.]
1887. Referee, 21 August, p. 2, col. 3. Those [playgoers] who do
not insist upon a very high order of literary quality in the
cackle.