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compo
noun- compensation UK
- [H]e’s still got to have a few bob compo from somewhere[.] — J.J. Connolly, Layer Cake, p. 195, 2000
- Aye, alright. Compo off you if I lose me friggin licence, tho. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 339, 2002
- worker’s compensation AUSTRALIA, 1941
- — The Daily Express, 20 December 1946
- Now, just a minute, mate, what hope would a working man have without a bit of honest compo? As a matter of fact, my back is real crook but the doctor didn’t believe me, either. — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 134, 1965
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 30, 1998
- a composition TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- mixed mortar, plaster or the like AUSTRALIA
- Jesus. They’ve locked. The compo’s set. (He tries to walk in vain). — Jack Hibberd, A Stretch of the Imagination, p. 6, 1971
- [T]he mixer blades stirred the powdered clay, earth and asbestos in the compo. — Graham Sheil, War’s End, p. 65, 1981
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