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▪ I. ‖ cocum1|ˈkəʊkəm|
Also kokum.
[? Malay.]
An East Indian tree Garcinia purpurea related to the Mangosteen. cocum butter or cocum oil: a greenish-yellow solid oil obtained from the seeds of this tree.
c1865Letheby in Circ. Sci. I. 95/1 Cocum oil, or Kokum butter. 1882Syd. Soc. Lex., Cocum butter..Cocum oil, The concrete oil of the seeds of Garcinia purpurea.
▪ II. cocum2 slang.|ˈkəʊkəm|
Also cokum, kocum.
[ad. Yiddish kochem.]
Used without precise grammatical reference for that which is (a) advantageous, lucky; (b) proper, correct.
1839H. Brandon Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 162/1 Cocum, very cunning and sly. To fight cocum, to be wary. 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 259/2 It's about 6d. a night to me for singing and patter in the tap-room. That's my cokum (advantage). 1861H. Earle Ups & Downs 224 No one was allowed to get drunk; the governor said as how it wasn't cokum. c1886Broadside Ballad ‘The Flippity Flop Young Man’ (Farmer), I once was a Member-for-Slocum young man,..A know-pretty-well-what-is-kocum young man. |