Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A commercial mode of spelling cocoanut.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Com.) The cocoanut.
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- noun Archaic form of
coconut .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The seed or nut is called cokernut, and has a pleasant, nutty taste.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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"Don't 'my dear' me," said Mrs. Mole; "you're gwine off your silly old cokernut, you bald-headed old coon."
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece Bracebridge Hemyng 1871
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An 'we're as apt to' it each other as a woman at a cokernut shy. "
The Return of Blue Pete Luke Allan
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"It's got to do with the Dutchy wot landed me this slip over the cokernut" -- he indicated some plaster strappings that decorated the seat of intelligence -- "with a revolver-butt, when they rushed the Fort.
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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