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chicottes

chicottes is the plural of chicotte.

Meaning of chicotte

Noun

chicotte (plural chicottes)

  1. A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa.
    • Corporal punishment, or ‘chicotte’, now exists only in the Congo army.1928 November 28, Daily Express

Questions about chicottes

What is chicottes the plural of?
Chicottes is the plural of chicotte.

Words near chicottes in the dictionary

  1. chicorylike
  2. chicos
  3. chicot
  4. Chicot County
  5. chicotte
  6. chicottes
  7. Chicoutimi
  8. chicozapote
  9. chicozapotes
  10. chics
  11. chicsilog

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