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Kockoy

Kockoy
 n.— «Because the origin of most of the people of this section of the north east of Dominica is from the Leeward Islands, the speaking of English Creole or Kockoy predominates.» —“Over Gutter” by Lennox Honychurch News-Dominica.com (Dominica) May 17, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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