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noun
A phoney or fraudulent item; anything deceptively promoted as genuine or of high quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, informal, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Malay koyok (“quack medicine”), from Hakka 膏藥/膏药 (kò-yo̍k, “herbal plaster, medicated patch, poultice”).
