boko en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- bōʹkō (US)
- /ˈboʊ.koʊ/ (US)
- /ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Circa 1820. Multiple potential origins: * From beak (“nose”) * From French beaucoup (“very much”) * Blend of beak (“nose”) + coconut * From boke (“point; thrust”) * From poke, as in poke one's nose into
Meanings
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(Australia, West-Midlands, dated) The nose.
[…] the way he hid the Pernod card and bumped me on the boko when I tried to have a dekko at it proves that.
1943, W[illiam] E[arl] Johns, Biggles Fails to Return, page 115:He sang Landor's lines in a quavering falsetto, then broke raucously into the schoolboy battle-cry of "Hit him on the boko, hit him on the boko, Jericho!"
1965, The Illustrated Weekly of India, volume 86, number 1, page 41:He let out a yell, his eyes watering from the punch on the boko.
2012, Mary Dobbs Wood, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Inventing My Childhood, page 45:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bokos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |