alco
English
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Etymology 1
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Noun
editalco (plural alcos)
- A small South American dog, domesticated by the natives, now thought to be extinct.
- 1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, pp. lxxviii-lxxix,[1]
- […] the alco, a mute little dog, caressing and sequacious, once loved and cherished by its poor Indian masters, is like them exterminated.
- 1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, pp. lxxviii-lxxix,[1]
References
edit- “alco”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
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Noun
editalco (plural alcos)
Synonyms
edit- (UK, US) alkie