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noun
Clipping of tocodynamometer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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noun
Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, obsolete, slang, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of toco toucan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: toco toucan
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noun
Crateva tapia, a fruit tree of South and Central America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Shortening.
From Hindi ठोको (ṭhoko), second-person plural imperative form of ठोकना (ṭhoknā, “to strike, hit, beat”), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀤𑀺 (*ṭhokkadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*ṭhokati).
From taxonomic name Ramphastos toco.
