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kook cord

kook cord noun: a leg rope.

Noun

kook cord (plural kook cords)

  1. (dated) A leg rope.
    • As recently as 1971, surf leashes were called "kook cords" by a surfing world that grew up thinking that a surfer must pay for his mistakes by swimming.2000, Ben Marcus, surfline.com http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=921

Forms of kook cord

pluralkook cords

Origin of kook cord

See kook (“unskilful boarder”).

Questions about kook cord

What does kook cord mean?
Kook cord means a leg rope.
What part of speech is kook cord?
Kook cord is a noun.
What is the plural of kook cord?
The plural of kook cord is kook cords.

Words near kook cord in the dictionary

  1. Kooistra
  2. Kooistras
  3. koojah
  4. koojahs
  5. kook
  6. kook cord
  7. kook cords
  8. kooka
  9. Kookabookra
  10. kookaburra
  11. kookaburras

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