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Japanese
Etymology 1
Unknown. Possibly a contraction of 取り子 (toriko), itself from 取り (tori, “taking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 取る toru “to take”) + 子 (ko, “someone who does something”, suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
とっこ • (tokko)
- (slang) a swindler, a con artist
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Reading of various kanji compounds.
Noun
とっこ • (tokko)
- 独鈷, 独股, 独古: a vajra, a dorje: a kind of double-headed scepter used in esoteric Buddhism; a pattern for cloth, consisting of interlocking tokko shapes
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