boko meaning (dated): definition, etymology and quotations

boko

nounalso spelled Boko

UK /ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/ · US /ˈboʊ.koʊ/

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

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:

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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:

Synonyms: nose
Related terms: Boko Haram

Boko

noun

Etymology From a word in the Boko language.

A member of the Boko people.