choco
noun/ˈt͡ʃɒkəʊ/
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Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of chocolate.
- CHOCO MAYO CAKE In this chocolate cake, mayonnaise is substituted for the butter. Good.1991, Jean Paré, Cakes, page 64:
- 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:
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- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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 woggy1993 [1987], Kathy Lette, Girl’s Night Out, page 128:
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- ‘I reckon we’ll call you Choco,’ said the Rat. “With – that tan of yours.’2000, Ian Bone, Tin Soldiers, page 112:
- Derived terms
- choco bar, choco lab, choco milk, choco pie, mint choco