cocopann.
/ˈkəʊkəpan/, U.S. /ˈkoʊkəˌpæn/, South African English /ˈkʊkʊpæn/, /ˈkəʊkəpæn/ South African.
A small steel truck which runs on rails.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > running on wheels > small
cocopan1914
1914 Min. Proc. S. Afr. Soc. Civ. Engin. The pick, shovel, wheelbarrow and coco pan suited to the low-waged native labourer.
1946 L. G. Green So Few are Free (1948) ix. 126 Everything must go into the cocopans, which transport the gravel to the washing plant.
1951 G. van Delden I have Plan x. 102 Several kokopans, such as are used for transporting sugar-cane.
1954 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 15 Mar. 3 4 Cocopans with steel cable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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