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choco | coco |

As a proper noun choco

is a diminutive of the female given name socorro or choco can be .

As a verb coco is

.

choco

English

(wikipedia choco)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, slang, offensive) A person with medium-dark skin, such as from the Middle East.
  • (Australia, obsolete) A militiaman or conscript, short for chocolate soldier.
  • (Australia, slang) An army reservist.
  • * 1942 September 2, Chocos with Hard Centres'', in the ''Sydney Sun'', quoted in 1966 by Sidney J. Baker in ''The Australian Language , second edition, chapter VIII, section 3, page 167

    • Usage notes

    The slang term for a dark skinned person may be used by such people themselves (the Australian television series made a good deal of fun with that for instance), but is generally considered racist when used otherwise.

    Anagrams

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    coco

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Coconut palm.
  • * {{quote-book, 1992, Frances Temple, Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti, page=52 citation
    • , passage=I turn round and round to see the high mountains, the thick coco trees.}}
  • Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.
  • * {{quote-book, 1813, John Adams, A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, , editor=John Pinkerton, chapter=A Voyage to South America, page=355 citation
    • , passage=The coco is a very common fruit, and but little esteemed;
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, Frommer's Caribbean 2008, page=468 citation
    • , passage=You might opt for a heaping tower composed of fried oysters, coco -flavored shrimp, fried octopus, and calamari. }}

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