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choco en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of chocolate.
    alt of chocolate
    • CHOCO MAYO CAKE In this chocolate cake, mayonnaise is substituted for the butter. Good. 1991, Jean Paré, Cakes, page 64:
    • She used to make choco pudding only for me whenever I went. 2017, Siddharth Jayakumar, Umasree Raghunath, Simply Being Sidds!, page 180:
    • “D, you’ve had a weak spot for hot chocolate since you were small. You used to call it ‘choco-treat.’” 2018, Thomas Ogden, The Hands of Gravity and Chance, page 15:
    • Vision is a 2.7% sodium-fluoride containing prophylaxis paste available in 12 oz. jars or boxes of 225 individual cups. Three flavors (fruit punch, cool mint, or choco-mint) are available. 1992, USAF [United States Air Force] Dental Investigation Service, Dental Items of Significance, page 5:
  2. (Australia, countable, obsolete) A militiaman or conscript; chocolate soldier.
    • In the second war, militiamen and conscripts generally were called chocos, […] in a tribute to them the Sydney “Sun” headed a leader on 2 September 1942: “Chocos with Hard Centres”. 1945, Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, page 152:
    • I've a letter here to hand, Saying Chockos, Yanks and Refugees Have overrun the land. 1942, [James Andrew] Tip Kelaher, The Digger Hat and Other Verses:
  3. (Australia, countable, slang) An army reservist.
  4. (Australia, countable, slang) A person with dark skin tone.
    • Our ethnic minorities whether they be oil slicks, chockos or slopies have certainly given a new dimension to the Australian businessman’s lunch. 1985, Sir Les Patterson [Barry Humphries], The Traveller’s Tool, page 89:
    • And it’s better than ending up with the latest dag her Mum’s lined up. This one's called Petro. He’s a big choc, you know really woggy 1993 [1987], Kathy Lette, Girl’s Night Out, page 128:
    • ‘I reckon we’ll call you Choco,’ said the Rat. “With – that tan of yours.’ 2000, Ian Bone, Tin Soldiers, page 112:

Forms

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chocos Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

choco milk · chocomania · chocomaniac · choco pie · choco lab · chocochip · mint choco · choco bar