toco

noun

to·​co

variants or toko

"

plural -s

British slang, dated

: rigorous and usually physical chastisement

then we were taught to … ride on young jackals, and if we fell off we caught toco, I can tell you

—Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff

Word History

Etymology

Hindi ṭoko, imperative of ṭoknā to blame

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