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  • coco, cocoa, coca, koka
    /kóviko(w)/; co /kow/ [cf. Trio. Cr. Fr. coucou a hollowed-out calabash (Thomas 20); cf. (HARD-SKIN) COCOBEY and Ewe kong ko cup (Turner
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  • cocky pilot
    [cf. W3 pilot fish] n. a sucking fish (sp?) with green and gray stripes resembling an angelfish. (Nassau)
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  • cocky ball
    [etym?] n. golf ball. (Nassau)
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  • cock up
    [cf. Vir., to relax by throwing up one's legs on a desk or chair; cf. OED cock to stick or turn up] v.
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  • cocktail
    [W3 an appetizer (e.g. shrimp cocktail)] n. a between-meal snack. (Black)
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  • cockspur prickle
    [cf. DJE cockspur: same sp?] n. a large, prickly shrub (sp?) which grows near the sea. (Adelaide)
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  • cockroach berry, roach berry
    [DJE idem] n. a shrub,Solanum aculeatissimum: 1920 (Britton 383). (Andros)
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  • cock-eye
    [from appearance?] n. a.smali black fish (sP?). (White)
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  • cocker-roach, cockaroach
    /kóhkarowch/ [Car., New York City folk pronunciation ).1. Roper p.c.); cf. OED, 1624 cacarootch from Sp. cucaracha; W3's derivation "irregularly from (Latin)
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  • coby
    /kówbi/ n. 1. [cf. Sra. koebi fish sp. WST; OED cob, cobbo a fish obs. → 1804] a thin fish (sp?) with
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