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doco

British  
/ ˈdɒkəʊ /

noun

  1. informal short for documentary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Why was I not in the doco? I don’t really know, to be honest."

From Fox News • Aug. 4, 2021

This is a good reason to check out smaller and more esoteric films such as Marta Cunningham’s doco Valentine Road, which almost certainly won’t be coming to a cinema near you.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2013

Perversely, punk rocker John Lydon cited him as a major influence, and clips from the film pop up in Julien Temple's Filth and the Fury doco.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2013

Harold's Going Stiff – a zombie flick shot as a BBC regional doco, that'll make you shed tears of joy & sadness.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2012

The same mo when placed after the present indicative gives the same meaning; e.g., doco de qiqi marasuru mo, sono sata va m�sanu 'although he hears that everywhere, he does not pay any attention.'

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.

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