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choco

British

/ ˈtʃɒkəʊ /

noun

1. a member of the citizen army; militiaman
2. a conscript

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Etymology

Origin of choco

C20: shortened from chocolate soldier

Example Sentences

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Not in the mood to drop $100 on a dessert taco? if you're looking to satisfy your sweet taco cravings, check out this recipe for homemade choco tacos from Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2022

Twitter user Michael Kang-Bietz jested that it was “pretty racist for klondike to discontinue the choco taco - the most perfect ice cream treat.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 26, 2022

He clutched a square of cardboard cut from a package of choco pie snack cakes on the back of which were written, in precise Armenian script, the phone numbers of several family members.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2020

"Phoebe's grandma's best choco chip cookies recipe explored," a "Friends" fanatic added.

From Fox News • Apr. 21, 2020

The word is probably choco, chocou, or some related form.

From Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. by Thomas, Cyrus

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