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chocko; choco
noun- an person of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background AUSTRALIA
An abbreviation of CHOCOLATE FROG - Our ethnic minorities whether they be oil slicks, chockos or slopies have certainly given a new dimension to the Australian businessman’s lunch. — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 79, 1985
- chocko: (derog.) a dark-skinned person. — Lenie Johansen, The Dinkum Dictionary, p. s.v., 1988
- C’mon, mate: Ned Kelly is about a bunch of inbred bumpkins. How’s that going to compete with a bunch of chockos? — Sydney Morning Herald, p. Metro 5, 11 April 2003
- a conscripted soldier or militiaman who remained in Australia and did not fight overseas AUSTRALIA, 1943
Second World War: from CHOCOLATE SOLDIER- But no doubt they’ll find things different: / I’ve a letter here to hand, / Saying Chockos, Yanks and Refugees / Have overrun the land. — Tip Kelaher, The Digger Hat and other verses, p. 51, 1942
- In your great dinger, you rotten crawling chocko. — Sumner Locke Elliott, Rusty Bugles, p. 80, 1948
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 22, 1977
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